| Protein Name | aquaporin 9 |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 366 |
| Gene Symbol | AQP9 |
| UniProt | O43315 (AQP9_HUMAN), H0YK62 (H0YK62_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 134 |
Description |
aquaporin 9 |
| Gene Summary |
The aquaporins are a family of water-selective membrane channels. This gene encodes a member of a subset of aquaporins called the aquaglyceroporins. This protein allows passage of a broad range of noncharged solutes and also stimulates urea transport and osmotic water permeability. This protein may also facilitate the uptake of glycerol in hepatic tissue . The encoded protein may also play a role in specialized leukocyte functions such as immunological response and bactericidal activity. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2016] |
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