Species Human Entrez 343 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000103375 | |
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Aliases AQP8, AQP-8, aquaporin 8 External IDs MGI: 1195271 HomoloGene: 68166 GeneCards: AQP8 | ||
Aquaporin-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AQP8 gene.
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.
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