Aquaporin 12b

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Contents 1 Function 2 Structure 3 Compartment 4 Alternative-splicing 5 More General Terms 6 Internet Database 7 References

Function

• aquaporins facilitate the transport of water & small neutral solutes across cell membranes ( putative)

Structure

• aquaporins contain two tandem repeats each containing three membrane-spanning domains & a pore-forming loop with the signature motif Asn- Pro- Ala ( NPA)
• belongs to the MIP/aquaporin (TC 1.A.8) family, AQP11/ AQP12 subfamily

Compartment

• membrane ( putative)

Alternative-splicing

• named isoforms=2

More General Terms

• membrane protein

Internet Database

Prosite: [1]
UniProt: [2]

References

UniProt [3]

Aquaporin-12B (AQP-12B) (AQP12B)