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Protein Ontology Report - aquaporin protein

PR:000044672 - http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000044672
Ontology Information
PRO ID PR:000044672 Show OBO stanza
PRO name aquaporin protein
Synonyms
EXACT: water channel
Definition A channel protein that has water channel activity. A water channel enables facilitated diffusion of water (by an energy-independent process) by passage through a transmembrane aqueous pore or channel without evidence for a carrier-mediated mechanism. [GO:0015250, PRO:XQ]
Comment Note: Aquaporin channels operate as tetramers. [PRO:DAN, IUPHARfam:119]
PRO Category family
Parent PR:000044676 channel protein
Term Hierarchy Visualization DAG     OLS     Cytoscape


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