| Protein Name | aquaporin 5 |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 362 |
| Gene Symbol | AQP5 |
| UniProt | P55064 (AQP5_HUMAN) |
| Relationships |
Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
107
Total Number of Articles : 159 |
Description |
aquaporin 5 |
| Gene Summary |
Aquaporin 5 (AQP5) is a water channel protein. Aquaporins are a family of small integral membrane proteins related to the major intrinsic protein (MIP or AQP0). Aquaporin 5 plays a role in the generation of saliva, tears and pulmonary secretions. AQP0, AQP2, AQP5, and AQP6 are closely related and all map to 12q13. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] |
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