aquaporin

Aquaporins form water-specific channels that confer plasma membranes of erythrocytes & epithelial cells of the renal proximal & collecting tubules with high permeability to water, facilitating movement of water in the direction of an osmotic gradient.

Specific

aquaporin-0; lens fiber major intrinsic protein; MIP26; MP26 (MIP, AQP0) aquaporin-10; AQP-10; small intestine aquaporin (AQP10) aquaporin-11; AQP-11 (AQP11, AQPX1, PSEC0027) aquaporin-12A; AQP-12 (AQP12A AQP12 AQPX2) aquaporin-1; AQP-1; aquaporin-CHIP; water channel protein for erythrocytes & kidney proximal tubule; urine water channel (AQP1, CHIP28) aquaporin-2; AQP-2; Aquaporin-CD; AQP-CD; water channel protein for renal collecting duct; ADH water channel; collecting duct water channel protein; WCH-CD (AQP2) aquaporin-3; AQP-3 (AQP3) aquaporin-4; AQP-4; WCH4; mercurial-insensitive water channel; MIWC (AQP4) aquaporin-5; AQP-5 (AQP5) aquaporin-6; AQP-6; aquaporin-2-like; kidney-specific aquaporin; hKID (AQP6, AQP2L) aquaporin-7; AQP-7; aquaporin adipose; AQPap (AQP7, AQP7L, AQP9) Aquaporin-7B (AQP7B) aquaporin-8; AQP-8 (AQP8) aquaporin-9; AQP-9; small solute channel 1 (AQP9, SSC1)

General

channel plasma membrane protein

Properties

COMPARTMENT: plasma membrane MOTIF: membrane region channel

References

prosite :accession PS00221