Term Information

Accession
GO:0015250
Name
water channel activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
aquaporin
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Transport systems of this type enable facilitated diffusion of water (by an energy-independent process) by passage through a transmembrane aqueous pore or channel without evidence for a carrier-mediated mechanism. Source: GOC:mtg_transport, ISBN:0815340729
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0015250 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of water channel activity (GO:0015250)
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water channel activity [is_a relation] is_a  channel activity (GO:0015267)
water channel activity [is_a relation] is_a  water transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0005372)
Children of water channel activity (GO:0015250)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
regulation of water channel activity (GO:1902427) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  water channel activity
negative regulation of water channel activity (GO:1902428) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  water channel activity
positive regulation of water channel activity (GO:1902429) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  water channel activity