Entrez gene ID | | 362 |
Official gene symbol | | AQP5 |
Full name | | aquaporin 5 |
Aliases | | ,-, |
Gene summary | | Aquaporin 5 (AQP5) is a water channel protein. Aquaporins are a family of small integral membrane proteins related to the major intrinsic protein (MIP or AQP0). Aquaporin 5 plays a role in the generation of saliva, tears and pulmonary secretions. AQP0, AQP2, AQP5, and AQP6 are closely related and all map to 12q13. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 12 Locus: 12q13 |
Gene position | | 50355279 - 50359461 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 4183 bp |
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