1h6i

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A REFINED STRUCTURE OF HUMAN AQUAPORIN 1

Structural highlights

1h6i is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Electron crystallography, Resolution 3.54Å
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

AQP1_HUMAN Forms a water-specific channel that provides the plasma membranes of red cells and kidney proximal tubules with high permeability to water, thereby permitting water to move in the direction of an osmotic gradient.[1]

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

References

  1. Preston GM, Carroll TP, Guggino WB, Agre P. Appearance of water channels in Xenopus oocytes expressing red cell CHIP28 protein. Science. 1992 Apr 17;256(5055):385-7. PMID:1373524

Contents


PDB ID 1h6i

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