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In this issue of the Biochemical Journal, Dukic et al. report that ezrin-anchored PKA phosphorylates serine 369 and 373 on connexin 43 to enhance gap junction assembly, communication, and cell fusion. The cover image, taken from Figure 6 in the article, shows HEK293 cells transfected with mammalian expression vectors encoding siRNA-resistant Cx43 without ability to bind to ezrin and with a phosphomimicking S to D substitution in residue 369.