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Name:	Aquaporin 1
Description:	Aquaporin 1 forms a water-specific channel that is constitutively expressed at the PLASMA MEMBRANE of ERYTHROCYTES and KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL. It provides these cells with a high permeability to WATER. In humans polymorphisms of this protein result in the Colton blood group antigen.
Synonyms:	Aquaporin-CHIP; AQP CHIP Protein; Channel-Forming Integral Membrane Protein Of 28 kDa; AQP1 Protein; Channel Forming Integral Membrane Protein Of 28 kDa; Aquaporin CHIP; AQP-CHIP Protein; CHIP28 Protein; Aquaporin 1 Protein