AQP5
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: AQP5
- Official Name: aquaporin 5
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 362
- UniProt: P55064
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: Aquaporin 5 (AQP5) is a water channel protein. Aquaporins are a family of small integral membrane proteins related to the major intrinsic protein (MIP or AQP0). Aquaporin 5 plays a role in the generation of saliva, tears and pulmonary secretions. AQP0, AQP2, AQP5, and AQP6 are closely related and all map to 12q13. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
- UniProt Summary: Forms a water-specific channel. Implicated in the generation of saliva, tears, and pulmonary secretions. Required for TRPV4 activation by hypotonicity (PubMed:16571723). Together with TRPV4, controls regulatory volume decrease in salivary epithelial cells (PubMed:16571723). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16571723}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 7262
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -2.01