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Aquaporin 1 forms a water-specific channel that is constitutively expressed at the PLASMA MEMBRANE of ERYTHROCYTES and KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL. It provides these cells with a high permeability to WATER. In humans polymorphisms of this protein result in the Colton blood group antigen.
Entry Term(s)
AQP-CHIP Protein
AQP1 Protein
Aquaporin 1 Protein
Aquaporin-CHIP
CHIP28 Protein
Channel-Forming Integral Membrane Protein Of 28 kDa
Registry Numbers
146410-94-8
Public MeSH Note
2006; AQUAPORIN 1 was indexed under AQUAPORINS 1999-2005, & under ION CHANNELS 1994-1998, & under MEMBRANE PROTEINS 1992-1993
Aquaporin 1 forms a water-specific channel that is constitutively expressed at the PLASMA MEMBRANE of ERYTHROCYTES and KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL. It provides these cells with a high permeability to WATER. In humans polymorphisms of this protein result in the Colton blood group antigen.