Aquaporin 3

Aquaporin 3 (Gill blood group)
Identifiers
Symbols AQP3; GIL
External IDs OMIM: 600170 MGI: 1333777 HomoloGene: 21025 GeneCards: AQP3 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 360 11828
Ensembl ENSG00000165272 ENSMUSG00000028435
UniProt Q92482 Q8R2N1
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004925 NM_016689.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_004916 NP_057898.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 9:
33.44 – 33.45 Mb		 Chr 4:
41.04 – 41.05 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Aquaporin 3 is found in the basolateral cell membrane of principal collecting duct cells and provide a pathway for water to exit these cells.[1] In kidney, AQP3 gene expression is not regulated by vasopressin (ADH).[2] This protein is also a determinant for the GIL blood group system.[3]

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  1. ^ Sasaki S, Ishibashi K, Marumo F (1998). "Aquaporin-2 and -3: representatives of two subgroups of the aquaporin family colocalized in the kidney collecting duct". Annu. Rev. Physiol. 60: 199–220. doi:10.1146/annurev.physiol.60.1.199. PMID 9558461. 
  2. ^ Dibas AI, Mia AJ, Yorio T (1998). "Aquaporins (water channels): role in vasopressin-activated water transport". Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 219 (3): 183–99. PMID 9824541. http://www.ebmonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/219/3/183. 
  3. ^ Roudier N, Ripoche P, Gane P, Le Pennec PY, Daniels G, Cartron JP, Bailly P (2002). "AQP3 deficiency in humans and the molecular basis of a novel blood group system, GIL". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (48): 45854–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M208999200. PMID 12239222. 


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