Gene Information
Gene NameAQP5
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length265
Protein NamesAquaporin-5 (AQP-5)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age544 ( ENSG00000161798 )
Evolutionary StageEuk+Bac
AlphaFoldDBP55064
Gene CardAQP5
Uniprot IDP55064
PfamPF00230
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.494948007)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ AQP5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ AQP2 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ AQP5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ AQP5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Aqp5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ AQP5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Aqp5 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsAQP4, MINDY4, MIP
ParalogsMIP, AQP3, AQP1, AQP4, AQP6, AQP10, AQP8, AQP7B, AQP7, AQP9, AQP2
Tissuesalivary.gland, testis
Tissue SpecificityDetected in skin eccrine sweat glands, at the apical cell membrane and at intercellular canaliculi (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23473857}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 3D9S  (X-ray  2.00A  5C5X  (X-ray  2.60A  5DYE  (X-ray  3.50A 
DBSNP rs398123054  rs398123055  rs398123057  rs398123056  rs368292687 
Subcellular location [CC]Apical cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23473857};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18768791, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26569106}. Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23830519, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26569106, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8621489};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18768791, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26569106}. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:26569106};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18768791, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26569106}. Note=Hypotonicity increases location at the cell membrane. Phosphorylation decreases location at the cell membrane. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:26569106}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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