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
Functions
water channel activity
Components
integral 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
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
ResourceLink
UniProtKB IDO68874
UniProtKB Entry NameAQPZ_SHIFL
GenBank Protein ID3023170
GenBank Gene IDAF055905
General References
  1. 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]
  2. 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]

Drug Relations

Drug Relations
DrugBank IDNameDrug groupPharmacological action?ActionsDetails
DB03152B-2-OctylglucosideexperimentalunknownDetails