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- W1559892185 abstract "This chapter focuses on the novel roles played by aquaporins (AQPs) as gated ion channels. AQPs are the members of the major intrinsic protein (MIP) gene family, a diverse group of water and solute channels found throughout the phyla of plants, animals, and bacteria. Membrane lipid bilayers have an inherently low permeability to water, an attribute that benefits life in aqueous and terrestrial environments. In specialized water-absorbing and secreting cells of mammals, membrane permeability to water is greatly enhanced by the expression of AQPs, a family of membrane proteins that provide channels for osmotically driven water fluxes. An expanding role for mammalian AQPs as pathways for regulated solute transport is becoming evident and these channels are now proposed to mediate transmembrane fluxes for a growing list of other substrates, including ions, glycerol, and carbon dioxide. The existence of selective water channels in biological membranes has been postulated based on physiological evidence before the first molecular identification of AQPs. The first member of the MIP family to be sequenced and characterized was the MIP of bovine lens, now known as “AQP0.” The chapter describes the structural features of MIP channels and summarizes the physiological and pathophysiological significance of aquaporin channel activity." @default.
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- W1559892185 title "Novel roles for aquaporins as gated ion channels" @default.
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