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==Aquaporin (AQP) The Water Channel of the cell==
==Aquaporin (AQP) The Water Channel of the cell==
<StructureSection load='1IH5' size='350' side='right' caption='Aquaporin (PDB entry [[1IH5]])' scene='Aquaporin with ligand'>  
<StructureSection load='1h6i' size='350' side='right' caption='Aquaporin' scene='Aquaporin with ligand'>  


This is a integral membrane proteins that control the amount of water that travels in and out of the cell<ref name="Takata">PMID:15242101</ref>. Before the discovery of aquaporin, it was thought that water molecule just leaked through the phospholipid bilayer.  
This is a integral membrane proteins that control the amount of water that travels in and out of the cell<ref name="Takata">PMID:15242101</ref>. Before the discovery of aquaporin, it was thought that water molecule just leaked through the phospholipid bilayer.