Aquaporin-12B (AQP-12B) (AQP12B)

Function

• aquaporins facilitate the transport of water & small neutral solutes across cell membranes (putative)

Structure

• aquaporins contain two tandem repeats each containing three membrane-spanning domains & a pore-forming loop with the signature motif Asn-Pro-Ala (NPA)
• belongs to the MIP/aquaporin (TC 1.A.8) family, AQP11/AQP12 subfamily

Compartment

membrane (putative)

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

More general terms

• membrane protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/A6NM10.html