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1.A.8.8.6
Aqp1 water channel of the sleeping chironomid (functions in water removal during anhydrobiosis, Kikawada et al., 2008).

Accession Number:A5A7N9
Protein Name:Aqp1
Length:261
Molecular Weight:27782.00
Species:Polypedilum vanderplanki (sleeping chironomid) [319348]
Number of TMSs:6
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Cell outer membrane1 / Peripheral membrane protein2
Substrate water

Cross database links:

Pfam: PF00230   

Gene Ontology

GO:0016021 C:integral to membrane
GO:0005215 F:transporter activity
GO:0055085 P:transmembrane transport

References (1)

[1] “Dehydration-inducible changes in expression of two aquaporins in the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki.”  Kikawada T.et.al.   18082130

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FASTA formatted sequence
1:	MAFKYSLGAD ELKGKTGTSL YKAIFAEFFG IFILNFFGCA ACTHAKGDEV LIALAFGLSV 
61:	FMAAMTIGHV SGCHINPAVT FGLLAAGKIS LIRAIFYVLA QCVGSVAGTA SLAVLTNGTE 
121:	IAIGIGHTQL NPTVSVYQGL GFEFFLGFIL ILCVVGVCDE NKPDSRFIAP LAIGLTVTLG 
181:	HLGVVTYTGS SMNPARSFGT AFITGDWENH WVYWLGPIAG GIAASLLYSI FFSAPDIEVH 
241:	RSDKYRQVTQ NDDKELRTLS A