AQP6

AQP6
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases AQP6, AQP2L, KID, aquaporin 6
External IDs MGI: 1341204 HomoloGene: 20399 GeneCards: AQP6
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

363

11831

Ensembl

ENSG00000086159

ENSMUSG00000043144

UniProt

Q13520

Q8C4A0

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_053286
NM_001652

NM_175087

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001643.2

NP_780296.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 49.97 – 49.98 Mb Chr 15: 99.6 – 99.61 Mb
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Aquaporin 6, kidney specific is a protein in humans that is encoded by the AQP6 gene.[3]

The protein encoded by this gene is an aquaporin protein, which functions as a water channel in cells. Aquaporins are a family of small integral membrane proteins related to the major intrinsic protein (MIP or AQP0). This protein is specific for the kidney. This gene and related family members AQP0, AQP2, and AQP5 reside in a cluster on chromosome 12q13.[3]

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