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Designing a Western blot for Aquaporin-5? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the AQP5 Western Blot Guide2 Citations
Facts about Aquaporin-5.
Required for TRPV4 activation by hypotonicity (PubMed:16571723). Together with TRPV4, controls regulatory volume decrease in salivary epithelial cells (PubMed:16571723).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | AQP5 |
| Uniprot: | P55064 |
| Entrez: | 362 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| MIP/aquaporin (TC 1.A.8) family |

AQP-5; aquaporin 5; aquaporin-5
Mass (kDA):
28.292 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q13.12 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (49961855..49965682) |
Apical cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Hypotonicity increases location at the cell membrane. Phosphorylation decreases location at the cell membrane.






PMID: 8621489 by Lee M.D., et al. The human aquaporin-5 gene. Molecular characterization and chromosomal localization.
PMID: 16571723 by Liu X., et al. A role for AQP5 in activation of TRPV4 by hypotonicity: concerted involvement of AQP5 and TRPV4 in regulation of cell volume recovery.
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