Aquaporin Z
Details
- Name
- Aquaporin Z
- Synonyms
- bniP
- Gene Name
- aqpZ
- Organism
- Shigella flexneri
- Amino acid sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0016522|Aquaporin Z MFRKLAAECFGTFWLVFGGCGSAVLAAGFPELGIGFAGVALAFGLTVLTMAFAVGHISGG HFNPAVTIGLWAGGRFPAKEVVGYVIAQVVGGIVAAALLYLIASGKTGFDAAASGFASNG YGEHSPGGYSMLSALVVELVLSAGFLLVIHGATDKFAPAGFAPIAIGLALTLIHLISIPV TNTSVNPARSTAVAIFQGGWALEQLWFFWVVPIVGGIIGGLIYRTLLEKRD
- Number of residues
- 231
- Molecular Weight
- 23702.58
- Theoretical pI
- 7.63
- GO Classification
- Functionswater channel activityComponentsintegral component of membrane / plasma membrane
- General Function
- Water channel activity
- Specific Function
- Channel that permits osmotically driven movement of water in both directions. It is involved in the osmoregulation and in the maintenance of cell turgor during volume expansion in rapidly growing cells. It mediates rapid entry or exit of water in response to abrupt changes in osmolarity.
- Pfam Domain Function
- MIP (PF00230)
- Transmembrane Regions
- 9-29 34-54 82-102 131-151 156-176 202-222
- Cellular Location
- Cell inner membrane
- Gene sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0016523|Aquaporin Z (aqpZ) ATGTTCAGAAAATTAGCAGCTGAATGTTTTGGTACTTTCTGGCTTGTTTTTGGTGGCTGT GGTAGTGCTGTACTGGCCGCAGGCTTCCCGGAATTAGGCATTGGTTTTGCCGGCGTGGCG CTGGCATTTGGTTTGACCGTTCTGACGATGGCCTTCGCTGTTGGTCATATTTCTGGTGGT CATTTTAACCCGGCGGTCACTATTGGTTTATGGGCTGGCGGACGTTTTCCGGCAAAAGAA GTCGTTGGCTACGTAATTGCCCAGGTTGTCGGCGGTATTGTTGCAGCGGCGCTGCTGTAT TTAATTGCCAGTGGTAAAACGGGTTTTGACGCGGCAGCCAGCGGTTTTGCTTCTAACGGT TATGGCGAGCATTCACCAGGCGGTTATTCCATGCTTTCCGCGCTGGTAGTTGAACTGGTA TTGAGTGCGGGCTTCCTGTTAGTGATCCACGGTGCAACCGACAAATTCGCTCCGGCAGGT TTTGCGCCGATCGCTATTGGTCTGGCCTTAACCCTGATTCACTTAATCAGTATTCCGGTG ACTAACACTTCTGTTAACCCGGCGCGCAGCACCGCGGTTGCTATCTTCCAGGGCGGCTGG GCATTAGAACAACTGTGGTTCTTCTGGGTGGTGCCAATTGTCGGCGGCATTATCGGTGGT CTGATTTACCGGACTCTGCTGGAAAAGCGTGATTAA
- Chromosome Location
- Not Available
- Locus
- Not Available
- External Identifiers
Resource Link UniProtKB ID O68874 UniProtKB Entry Name AQPZ_SHIFL GenBank Protein ID 3023170 GenBank Gene ID AF055905 - General References
- Jin Q, Yuan Z, Xu J, Wang Y, Shen Y, Lu W, Wang J, Liu H, Yang J, Yang F, Zhang X, Zhang J, Yang G, Wu H, Qu D, Dong J, Sun L, Xue Y, Zhao A, Gao Y, Zhu J, Kan B, Ding K, Chen S, Cheng H, Yao Z, He B, Chen R, Ma D, Qiang B, Wen Y, Hou Y, Yu J: Genome sequence of Shigella flexneri 2a: insights into pathogenicity through comparison with genomes of Escherichia coli K12 and O157. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002 Oct 15;30(20):4432-41. [Article]
- Wei J, Goldberg MB, Burland V, Venkatesan MM, Deng W, Fournier G, Mayhew GF, Plunkett G 3rd, Rose DJ, Darling A, Mau B, Perna NT, Payne SM, Runyen-Janecky LJ, Zhou S, Schwartz DC, Blattner FR: Complete genome sequence and comparative genomics of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a strain 2457T. Infect Immun. 2003 May;71(5):2775-86. [Article]