Aquaporin-8

NameAquaporin-8
SynonymsAQP-8
Gene NameAQP8
OrganismHuman
Amino acid sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0020826|Aquaporin-8
MSGEIAMCEPEFGNDKAREPSVGGRWRVSWYERFVQPCLVELLGSALFIFIGCLSVIENG
TDTGLLQPALAHGLALGLVIATLGNISGGHFNPAVSLAAMLIGGLNLVMLLPYWVSQLLG
GMLGAALAKAVSPEERFWNASGAAFVTVQEQGQVAGALVAEIILTTLLALAVCMGAINEK
TKGPLAPFSIGFAVTVDILAGGPVSGGCMNPARAFGPAVVANHWNFHWIYWLGPLLAGLL
VGLLIRCFIGDGKTRLILKAR
Number of residues261
Molecular Weight27381.01
Theoretical pINone
GO Classification
Functions
    glycerol channel activity
water channel activity
Processes
    water transport
cellular response to cAMP
canalicular bile acid transport
response to reactive oxygen species
transport
transmembrane transport
cellular water homeostasis
glycerol transport
ion transmembrane transport
Components
    intracellular canaliculus
plasma membrane
integral component of plasma membrane
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
apical part of cell
General FunctionWater channel activity
Specific FunctionForms a water-specific channel; mercury-sensitive. Not permeable to glycerol or urea.
Transmembrane Regions37-57 85-105 108-128 157-177 184-204 229-249
GenBank Protein ID
UniProtKB IDO94778
UniProtKB Entry NameAQP8_HUMAN
Cellular LocationMembrane
Gene sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0020827|Aquaporin-8 (AQP8)
ATGTCTGGAGAGATAGCCATGTGTGAGCCTGAATTTGGCAATGACAAGGCCAGGGAGCCG
AGCGTGGGTGGCAGGTGGCGAGTGTCCTGGTACGAACGGTTTGTGCAGCCATGTCTGGTC
GAACTGCTGGGCTCTGCTCTCTTCATCTTCATCGGGTGCCTGTCGGTCATTGAGAATGGG
ACGGACACTGGGCTGCTGCAGCCGGCCCTGGCCCACGGGCTGGCTTTGGGGCTCGTGATT
GCCACGCTGGGGAATATCAGTGGTGGACACTTCAACCCTGCGGTGTCCCTGGCAGCCATG
CTGATCGGAGGCCTCAACCTGGTGATGCTCCTCCCGTACTGGGTCTCACAGCTGCTCGGG
GGGATGCTCGGGGCTGCCTTGGCCAAGGCGGTGAGTCCTGAGGAGAGGTTCTGGAATGCA
TCTGGGGCGGCCTTTGTGACAGTCCAGGAGCAGGGGCAGGTGGCAGGGGCGTTGGTGGCA
GAGATCATCCTGACGACGCTGCTGGCCCTGGCTGTATGCATGGGTGCCATCAATGAGAAG
ACAAAGGGCCCTCTGGCCCCGTTCTCCATCGGCTTTGCCGTCACCGTGGATATCCTGGCT
GGGGGCCCTGTGTCTGGAGGCTGCATGAATCCCGCCCGTGCTTTTGGACCTGCGGTGGTG
GCCAACCACTGGAACTTCCACTGGATCTACTGGCTGGGCCCACTCCTGGCTGGCCTGCTT
GTTGGACTGCTCATTAGGTGCTTCATTGGAGATGGGAAGACCCGCCTCATCCTGAAGGCT
CGGTGA
GenBank Gene ID
GeneCard IDNone
GenAtlas ID
HGNC IDHGNC:642
Chromosome Location16
LocusNone
References
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  2. Koyama N, Ishibashi K, Kuwahara M, Inase N, Ichioka M, Sasaki S, Marumo F: Cloning and functional expression of human aquaporin8 cDNA and analysis of its gene. Genomics. 1998 Nov 15;54(1):169-72.[9806845 ]
  3. Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, Shenmen CM, Grouse LH, Schuler G, Klein SL, Old S, Rasooly R, Good P, Guyer M, Peck AM, Derge JG, Lipman D, Collins FS, Jang W, Sherry S, Feolo M, Misquitta L, Lee E, Rotmistrovsky K, Greenhut SF, Schaefer CF, Buetow K, Bonner TI, Haussler D, Kent J, Kiekhaus M, Furey T, Brent M, Prange C, Schreiber K, Shapiro N, Bhat NK, Hopkins RF, Hsie F, Driscoll T, Soares MB, Casavant TL, Scheetz TE, Brown-stein MJ, Usdin TB, Toshiyuki S, Carninci P, Piao Y, Dudekula DB, Ko MS, Kawakami K, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Gruber CE, Smith MR, Simmons B, Moore T, Waterman R, Johnson SL, Ruan Y, Wei CL, Mathavan S, Gunaratne PH, Wu J, Garcia AM, Hulyk SW, Fuh E, Yuan Y, Sneed A, Kowis C, Hodgson A, Muzny DM, McPherson J, Gibbs RA, Fahey J, Helton E, Ketteman M, Madan A, Rodrigues S, Sanchez A, Whiting M, Madari A, Young AC, Wetherby KD, Granite SJ, Kwong PN, Brinkley CP, Pearson RL, Bouffard GG, Blakesly RW, Green ED, Dickson MC, Rodriguez AC, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Myers RM, Butterfield YS, Griffith M, Griffith OL, Krzywinski MI, Liao N, Morin R, Palmquist D, Petrescu AS, Skalska U, Smailus DE, Stott JM, Schnerch A, Schein JE, Jones SJ, Holt RA, Baross A, Marra MA, Clifton S, Makowski KA, Bosak S, Malek J: The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). Genome Res. 2004 Oct;14(10B):2121-7.[15489334 ]

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