Gene Information
Gene NameAQP1
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length269
Protein NamesAquaporin-1 (AQP-1) (Aquaporin-CHIP) (Urine water channel) (Water channel protein for red blood cells and kidney proximal tubule)
Target Nameaquaporin-1
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000240583 )
Evolutionary StageEuk+Bac
AlphaFoldDBP29972
Gene CardAQP1
Uniprot IDP29972
PfamPF00230
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.301279684)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ AQP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ AQP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ AQP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Aqp1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ AQP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Aqp1 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsMIP, AQP3, AQP5, AQP4, AQP6, AQP10, AQP8, AQP7B, AQP7, AQP9, AQP2
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityDetected in erythrocytes (at protein level). Expressed in a number of tissues including erythrocytes, renal tubules, retinal pigment epithelium, heart, lung, skeletal muscle, kidney and pancreas. Weakly expressed in brain, placenta and liver. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23219802}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1FQY  (X-ray  3.80A  1H6I  (X-ray  3.54A  1IH5  (X-ray  3.70A  4CSK  (X-ray  3.28A  6POJ  (NMR  7UZE  (EM  2.40A  8CT2  (EM  3.10A  8CTE  (EM  2.90A 
DBSNP rs104894004  rs28362692  rs28362731 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23219802};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23219802}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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