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Meaning of acuaporina



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acuaporina
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A protein that transports water across cell membranes. It is a word composed of the Latin aqua, ae ("water") porus, i ("pore, passage").

  



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Aquaporin Membrane protein (AQP), responsible for transporting water through cell compartments, formed by a beam of six helices? , which leave a narrow opening inside through which water molecules can pass. They are important, then, in osmotic changes at the cellular level.

  










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