Protein Name aquaporin 8
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 343
Gene Symbol

AQP8

UniProt O94778 (AQP8_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 55
Total Number of Articles : 71
Description

aquaporin 8

Gene Summary

Aquaporin 8 (AQP8) is a water channel protein. Aquaporins are a family of small integral membrane proteins related to the major intrinsic protein (MIP or AQP0). Aquaporin 8 mRNA is found in pancreas and colon but not other tissues. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

synonyms
  • aquaporin-8
  • AQP-8
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Properties