Aquaporin 1 forms a water-specific channel that is constitutively expressed at the PLASMA MEMBRANE of ERYTHROCYTES and KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL. It provides these cells with a high permeability to WATER. In humans polymorphisms of this protein result in the Colton blood group antigen.
Synonyms: Aquaporin-CHIP, AQP CHIP Protein, AQP1 Protein, Channel-Forming Integral Membrane Protein Of 28 kDa, Channel Forming Integral Membrane Protein Of 28 kDa, Aquaporin CHIP, AQP-CHIP Protein, CHIP28 Protein, Aquaporin 1, Aquaporin 1 Protein, 146410-94-8
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2006; AQUAPORIN 1 was indexed under AQUAPORINS 1999-2005, & under ION CHANNELS 1994-1998, & under MEMBRANE PROTEINS 1992-1993 ,2006(1992)
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D051398