Aquaporin-4
Name | Aquaporin-4 |
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Synonyms | AQP-4 Mercurial-insensitive water channel MIWC WCH4 |
Gene Name | AQP4 |
Organism | Human |
Amino acid sequence | >lcl|BSEQ0007525|Aquaporin-4 MSDRPTARRWGKCGPLCTRENIMVAFKGVWTQAFWKAVTAEFLAMLIFVLLSLGSTINWG GTEKPLPVDMVLISLCFGLSIATMVQCFGHISGGHINPAVTVAMVCTRKISIAKSVFYIA AQCLGAIIGAGILYLVTPPSVVGGLGVTMVHGNLTAGHGLLVELIITFQLVFTIFASCDS KRTDVTGSIALAIGFSVAIGHLFAINYTGASMNPARSFGPAVIMGNWENHWIYWVGPIIG AVLAGGLYEYVFCPDVEFKRRFKEAFSKAAQQTKGSYMEVEDNRSQVETDDLILKPGVVH VIDVDRGEEKKGKDQSGEVLSSV |
Number of residues | 323 |
Molecular Weight | 34829.43 |
Theoretical pI | 7.75 |
GO Classification |
Functions
water transmembrane transporter activity glycerol channel activity water channel activity Processes
cellular water homeostasis glycerol transport transmembrane transport ion transmembrane transport multicellular organismal water homeostasis renal water homeostasis water transport transport cellular response to interferon-gamma Components
integral component of plasma membrane basolateral plasma membrane cytoplasm plasma membrane external side of plasma membrane |
General Function | Water transmembrane transporter activity |
Specific Function | Forms a water-specific channel. Osmoreceptor which regulates body water balance and mediates water flow within the central nervous system. |
Transmembrane Regions | 37-57 65-85 116-136 156-176 185-205 232-252 |
GenBank Protein ID | 1072055 |
UniProtKB ID | P55087 |
UniProtKB Entry Name | AQP4_HUMAN |
Cellular Location | Membrane |
Gene sequence | >lcl|BSEQ0019495|Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) ATGAGTGACAGACCCACAGCAAGGCGGTGGGGTAAGTGTGGACCTTTGTGTACCAGAGAG AACATCATGGTGGCTTTCAAAGGGGTCTGGACTCAAGCTTTCTGGAAAGCAGTCACAGCG GAATTTCTGGCCATGCTTATTTTTGTTCTCCTCAGCCTGGGATCCACCATCAACTGGGGT GGAACAGAAAAGCCTTTACCGGTCGACATGGTTCTCATCTCCCTTTGCTTTGGACTCAGC ATTGCAACCATGGTGCAGTGCTTTGGCCATATCAGCGGTGGCCACATCAACCCTGCAGTG ACTGTGGCCATGGTGTGCACCAGGAAGATCAGCATCGCCAAGTCTGTCTTCTACATCGCA GCCCAGTGCCTGGGGGCCATCATTGGAGCAGGAATCCTCTATCTGGTCACACCTCCCAGT GTGGTGGGAGGCCTGGGAGTCACCATGGTTCATGGAAATCTTACCGCTGGTCATGGTCTC CTGGTTGAGTTGATAATCACATTTCAATTGGTGTTTACTATCTTTGCCAGCTGTGATTCC AAACGGACTGATGTCACTGGCTCAATAGCTTTAGCAATTGGATTTTCTGTTGCAATTGGA CATTTATTTGCAATCAATTATACTGGTGCCAGCATGAATCCCGCCCGATCCTTTGGACCT GCAGTTATCATGGGAAATTGGGAAAACCATTGGATATATTGGGTTGGGCCCATCATAGGA GCTGTCCTCGCTGGTGGCCTTTATGAGTATGTCTTCTGTCCAGATGTTGAATTCAAACGT CGTTTTAAAGAAGCCTTCAGCAAAGCTGCCCAGCAAACAAAAGGAAGCTACATGGAGGTG GAGGACAACAGGAGTCAGGTAGAGACGGATGACCTGATTCTAAAACCTGGAGTGGTGCAT GTGATTGACGTTGACCGGGGAGAGGAGAAGAAGGGGAAAGACCAATCTGGAGAGGTATTG TCTTCAGTATGA |
GenBank Gene ID | U34846 |
GeneCard ID | None |
GenAtlas ID | |
HGNC ID | HGNC:637 |
Chromosome Location | 18 |
Locus | 18q11.2-q12.1 |
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