Aquaporin-6, (AQP-6) also known as kidney-specific aquaporin is a protein in humans that is encoded by the ''AQP6'' gene. The protein encoded by this gene is an aquaporin protein, which functions as a water channel in cells. Aquaporins are a family of small integral membrane proteins related to the major intrinsic protein ( MIP or AQP0). This protein is specific for the kidney. This gene and related family members AQP0, AQP2, and

AQP5 Aquaporin-5 (AQP-5) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''AQP5'' gene. Aquaporin-5 (AQP-5) is a water channel protein. Aquaporin Aquaporins, also called water channels, are channel proteins from a larger family of major intrinsic ...

reside in a cluster on chromosome 12q13.

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