Aquaporin-6, (AQP-6) also known as kidney-specific aquaporin is a
protein in humans that is encoded by the AQP6gene.[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]
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