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NameAquaporin-1
Synonyms
  • AQP-1
  • Aquaporin-CHIP
  • CHIP28
  • Urine water channel
  • Water channel protein for red blood cells and kidney proximal tubule
Gene NameAQP1
OrganismHuman
Amino acid sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0001754|Aquaporin-1
MASEFKKKLFWRAVVAEFLATTLFVFISIGSALGFKYPVGNNQTAVQDNVKVSLAFGLSI
ATLAQSVGHISGAHLNPAVTLGLLLSCQISIFRALMYIIAQCVGAIVATAILSGITSSLT
GNSLGRNDLADGVNSGQGLGIEIIGTLQLVLCVLATTDRRRRDLGGSAPLAIGLSVALGH
LLAIDYTGCGINPARSFGSAVITHNFSNHWIFWVGPFIGGALAVLIYDFILAPRSSDLTD
RVKVWTSGQVEEYDLDADDINSRVEMKPK
Number of residues269
Molecular Weight28525.68
Theoretical pI7.5
GO Classification
Functions
  • water channel activity
  • nitric oxide transmembrane transporter activity
  • potassium ion transmembrane transporter activity
  • potassium channel activity
  • glycerol transmembrane transporter activity
  • water transmembrane transporter activity
  • transmembrane transporter activity
  • ammonium transmembrane transporter activity
  • carbon dioxide transmembrane transporter activity
  • glycerol channel activity
  • intracellular cGMP activated cation channel activity
Processes
  • water transport
  • cellular water homeostasis
  • carbon dioxide transmembrane transport
  • cellular response to cAMP
  • glycerol transport
  • cellular hyperosmotic response
  • cation transmembrane transport
  • pancreatic juice secretion
  • lateral ventricle development
  • cellular response to inorganic substance
  • potassium ion transport
  • cellular response to nitric oxide
  • potassium ion transmembrane transport
  • cellular response to copper ion
  • cellular response to stress
  • response to drug
  • cGMP biosynthetic process
  • cerebrospinal fluid secretion
  • establishment or maintenance of actin cytoskeleton polarity
  • nitric oxide transport
  • cell volume homeostasis
  • cellular response to UV
  • maintenance of symbiont-containing vacuole by host
  • small molecule metabolic process
  • ammonium transmembrane transport
  • multicellular organismal water homeostasis
  • carbon dioxide transport
  • transepithelial water transport
  • odontogenesis
  • cellular response to mercury ion
  • cellular response to hypoxia
  • renal water transport
  • positive regulation of angiogenesis
  • transmembrane transport
  • cellular homeostasis
  • cellular response to mechanical stimulus
  • positive regulation of saliva secretion
  • ammonium transport
  • bicarbonate transport
  • cellular response to retinoic acid
  • positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation
  • cellular response to dexamethasone stimulus
  • negative regulation of apoptotic process
  • cellular response to salt stress
  • cellular response to hydrogen peroxide
  • negative regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process
  • renal water homeostasis
Components
  • basolateral plasma membrane
  • apical plasma membrane
  • cytoplasm
  • brush border membrane
  • nucleus
  • basal plasma membrane
  • plasma membrane
  • extracellular exosome
  • sarcolemma
  • nuclear membrane
  • brush border
  • integral component of plasma membrane
  • apical part of cell
  • symbiont-containing vacuole
General FunctionWater transmembrane transporter activity
Specific FunctionForms a water-specific channel that provides the plasma membranes of red cells and kidney proximal tubules with high permeability to water, thereby permitting water to move in the direction of an osmotic gradient.
Pfam Domain Function
Transmembrane Regions8-36 49-66 95-115 137-155 167-183 208-228
GenBank Protein ID180501
UniProtKB IDP29972
UniProtKB Entry NameAQP1_HUMAN
Cellular LocationCell membrane
Gene sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0021277|Aquaporin-1 (AQP1)
ATGCCTGGGGCTCGCCCCTTGCCTCTGGTCTTGGTACCCCAGAATACCCTGGCCTGGATG
CAGCTGGATGCAAAGGCCCCAGCTCACCCCAGGCCTCTCCAGCTTCTAGGCAGAGTGGGG
CCTGGGTCTAGGCAGCTGGCTGATGGTGTGAACTCGGGCCAGGGCCTGGGCATCGAGATC
ATCGGGACCCTCCAGCTGGTGCTATGCGTGCTGGCTACTACCGACCGGAGGCGCCGTGAC
CTTGGTGGCTCAGCCCCCCTTGCCATCGGCCTCTCTGTAGCCCTTGGACACCTCCTGGCT
ATTGACTACACTGGCTGTGGGATTAACCCTGCTCGGTCCTTTGGCTCCGCGGTGATCACA
CACAACTTCAGCAACCACTGGATTTTCTGGGTGGGGCCATTCATCGGGGGAGCCCTGGCT
GTACTCATCTACGACTTCATCCTGGCCCCACGCAGCAGTGACCTCACAGACCGCGTGAAG
GTGTGGACCAGCGGCCAGGTGGAGGAGTATGACCTGGATGCCGACGACATCAACTCCAGG
GTGGAGATGAAGCCCAAATAG
GenBank Gene IDM77829
GeneCard IDNot Available
GenAtlas IDAQP1
HGNC IDHGNC:633
Chromosome Location7
Locus7p14
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