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1.A.8.8.7
Aqp2 water channel of the sleeping chironomid (functions in water homeostasis during anhydrobiosis (Kikawada et al., 2008).

Accession Number:A5A7P0
Protein Name:Aqp2
Length:246
Molecular Weight:27053.00
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:0006810 P: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:	MRKELSEILT VACAETIGTA MLVFFGCMGC IELGGSWKPN HLSVCIGFGL TVMLIVNIFG 
61:	VVSGSHLNPA VTLAAYVYKL VNIPTAIAYV IGQFIGAFLG YALLRLLTPI TSPNAHTNKF 
121:	CVTLPEVDIW RAFGIEFFIT MGLILICCGV WDPRNAKHHD SVPLRFGLAV AMLALVGGPY 
181:	TGGSMNPARS FGPALYNMNF TAHWIYWIAP MSASLITSVM FRMIFYREVQ KITPEEHPLR 
241:	ETKNNV