AQP1: 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. Belongs to the MIP/aquaporin (TC 1.A.8) family.
Protein type: Transporter, aquaporin family; Membrane protein, integral; Membrane protein, multi-pass; Transporter
Cellular Component: nuclear membrane; neuron projection; cell; brush border membrane; basolateral plasma membrane; integral to plasma membrane; integral to membrane; membrane; apical part of cell; axon; cytoplasm; apical plasma membrane; plasma membrane; basal plasma membrane; nerve terminal; nucleus; sarcolemma; brush border
Molecular Function: protein binding; potassium channel activity; ephrin receptor binding; water transporter activity; intracellular cGMP activated cation channel activity; ammonium transmembrane transporter activity; potassium ion transmembrane transporter activity; glycerol transmembrane transporter activity; transmembrane transporter activity; nitric oxide transporter activity; water channel activity; glycerol channel activity
Biological Process: cGMP biosynthetic process; glycerol transport; cerebrospinal fluid secretion; wound healing; carbon dioxide transport; water transport; response to hormone stimulus; negative regulation of caspase activity; sensory perception of pain; pancreatic juice secretion; positive regulation of saliva secretion; odontogenesis; water homeostasis; positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation; nitric oxide transport; hyperosmotic salinity response; multicellular organismal water homeostasis; cellular homeostasis; potassium ion transport; lipid digestion; lateral ventricle development; secretion by cell; response to drug; cellular water homeostasis; secretory granule organization and biogenesis; glomerular filtration; ammonium transport; hyperosmotic response; renal water transport; positive regulation of angiogenesis; camera-type eye morphogenesis; response to estrogen stimulus; adrenocorticotropin hormone secretion; establishment and/or maintenance of actin cytoskeleton polarity; cell volume homeostasis; negative regulation of apoptosis; positive regulation of cell migration
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