Water flux between cells is facilitated by proteins embedded in the membrane, so-called aquaporins. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen succeeded to ...

Sugar permeation discovered in plant aquaporins Date: December 4, 2023 Source: University of Adelaide Summary: Aquaporins, which move water through membranes of plant cells, were not thought to be ...

The relatively recent discovery of aquaporins (AQP) has introduced a new mechanism of membrane transport that may provide a therapeutic target for parasitic protozoan infections. The AQP family of ...

Since aquaporin-1 is abundant in renal proximal tubular epithelium, the thin descending limb of the loop of Henle, and the descending vasa recta of the kidney, 8,9 we hypothesized that people with ...

Seven aquaporin water channels are expressed in human kidneys, and they have key roles in maintaining body water homeostasis. Impairment of their function can result in nephrogenic diabetes ...

A new study provides exciting evidence supporting the involvement of aquaporins in corneal cell proliferation and nerve regeneration and suggests aquaporin 5 (AQP5) induction as a potential ...

Plants counteract fluctuations in water supply by regulating all aquaporins in the cell plasma membrane. Channel closure results either from the dephosphorylation of two conserved serine residues ...