Aquaporin-1

Aquaporins are water channels in your cell wall. They let water rush in and out without letting salt or sugar through.

Fun fact

Your kidneys pull water back through these channels. They handle about 180 liters of water a day.

Words to know

channel
cell
membrane

NGSS alignment

MS-LS1-3Body as a system
MS-LS1-2Inside the cell

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P29972. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P29972.

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