AQP9

Aquaporin-9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AQP9 gene.[5]

AQP9
Identifiers
AliasesAQP9, AQP-9, HsT17287, SSC1, T17287, aquaporin 9
External IDsOMIM: 602914 MGI: 1891066 HomoloGene: 41405 GeneCards: AQP9
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 15 (human)[1]
Band15q21.3Start58,138,169 bp[1]
End58,185,911 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

366

64008

Ensembl

ENSG00000103569

ENSMUSG00000032204

UniProt

O43315

Q9JJJ3

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020980
NM_001320635
NM_001320636

NM_001271843
NM_022026

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001307564
NP_001307565
NP_066190

NP_001258772
NP_071309

Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 58.14 – 58.19 MbChr 9: 71.11 – 71.17 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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The aquaporins/major intrinsic protein are a family of water-selective membrane channels. Aquaporin 9 has greater sequence similarity with AQP3 and AQP7 and they may be a subfamily. Aquaporin 9 allows passage of a wide variety of noncharged solutes. AQP9 stimulates urea transport and osmotic water permeability; there are contradicting reports about its role in providing glycerol permeability. Aquaporin 9 may also have some role in specialized leukocyte functions such as immunological response and bactericidal activity.[5]

See also

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000103569 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032204 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: AQP9 aquaporin 9".

Further reading

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