Aquaporin-6

AQP6
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	1S6E
Identifiers
Aliases	AQP6, AQP2L, KID, aquaporin 6
External IDs	OMIM: 601383; MGI: 1341204; HomoloGene: 20399; GeneCards: AQP6; OMA:AQP6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	49,977,139 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 15 (mouse)
End	99,503,358 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	renal medulla; ; orbitofrontal cortex; ; kidney tubule; ; endothelial cell; ; inferior ganglion of vagus nerve; ; human kidney; ; thalamus; ; subthalamic nucleus; ; ventral tegmental area; ; gonad;
	Top expressed in
	cerebellar vermis; ; lumbar subsegment of spinal cord; ; lobe of cerebellum; ; habenula; ; human kidney; ; inner renal medulla; ; right kidney; ; Transitional epithelium of renal pelvis; ; embryo; ; dorsal tegmental nucleus;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	nitrate transmembrane transporter activity; water channel activity; channel activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; cytoplasmic vesicle; integral component of plasma membrane; apical plasma membrane; membrane; cytoplasmic vesicle membrane; plasma membrane;
Biological process	nitrate transport; excretion; odontogenesis; ion transmembrane transport; transmembrane transport; water transport;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	363
	11831
	ENSG00000086159
	ENSMUSG00000043144
	Q13520
	Q8C4A0
	NM_053286; NM_001652
	NM_175087
	NP_001643
	NP_780296
	Wikidata
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Aquaporin-6, (AQP-6) also known as kidney-specific aquaporin is a protein in humans that is encoded by the AQP6 gene.^[5]

The protein encoded by this gene is an aquaporin protein, which functions as a water channel in cells. Aquaporins are a family of small integral membrane proteins related to the major intrinsic protein (MIP or AQP0). This protein is specific for the kidney. This gene and related family members AQP0, AQP2, and AQP5 reside in a cluster on chromosome 12q13.^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000086159 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000043144 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ ^a ^b "Entrez Gene: Aquaporin 6, kidney specific". Retrieved 2012-04-10.

[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000086159 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000043144 – 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.

[entrez-5] "Entrez Gene: Aquaporin 6, kidney specific". Retrieved 2012-04-10.

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