Species Human Entrez 362 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000161798 | |
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Aliases AQP5, AQP-5, PPKB, aquaporin 5 External IDs MGI: 106215 HomoloGene: 20398 GeneCards: AQP5 | ||
Aquaporin-5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AQP5 gene.
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.
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