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AQP10
aquaporin 10
Chromosome 1 · 1q21.3
NCBI Gene: 89872Ensembl: ENSG00000143595.14HGNC: HGNC:16029UniProt: Q96PS8
47PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Transporter
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingwater channel activityglycerol channel activitywater transportgoutovarian neoplasmtype 2 diabetes mellitusovarian cancer
✦AI Summary

AQP10 is an aquaglyceroporin that forms homotetrameric transmembrane channels mediating water and glycerol transport across cell membranes along osmotic gradients 1. Among aquaglyceroporins, AQP10 exhibits unique pH-gated glycerol transport activity, being more active at acidic pH 123. AQP10 is permeable to glycerol, water, urea, and boric acid 45. In humans, AQP10 is expressed selectively in the small intestine (duodenum and jejunum), with two isoforms showing distinct subcellular localizations: one in capillary endothelium and another in gastro-entero-pancreatic endocrine cells 6. AQP10 likely plays central roles in glycerol efflux during triglyceride hydrolysis in adipocytes and glycerol uptake by enterocytes, processes stimulated at acidic pH 123. In the digestive system, AQP10 participates in glycerol metabolism, though its specific functions remain incompletely characterized 7. Notably, AQP10 is a pseudogene in mice, limiting translational research models 8. Evolutionary analysis reveals that ray-finned fish AQP10 paralogs have secondarily reduced urea and boric acid permeability while retaining water and glycerol transport 5.

Sources cited
1
AQP10 forms homotetrameric channels mediating water and glycerol transport and exhibits pH-gated glycerol activity
PMID: 11573934
2
AQP10 is permeable to glycerol, water, and urea
PMID: 12084581
3
AQP10 exhibits pH-gated glycerol transport activity
PMID: 23382902
4
AQP10 plays central roles in glycerol metabolism with pH-dependent activity
PMID: 30420639
5
AQP10 has two isoforms with distinct localizations in small intestine epithelium and endothelium
PMID: 15898950
6
AQP10 is expressed in the digestive system and participates in glycerol metabolism
PMID: 36717492
7
Mouse AQP10 is a pseudogene
PMID: 12056815
8
AQP10 is permeable to water, glycerol, urea, and boric acid; ray-finned fish paralogs show reduced solute permeability
PMID: 38039384
Disease Associationsⓘ20
goutOpen Targets
0.27Weak
ovarian neoplasmOpen Targets
0.11Weak
type 2 diabetes mellitusOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
ovarian cancerOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
cholestasisOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
Chronic painOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
juvenile idiopathic arthritisOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
gastric cancerOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
Barrett's esophagusOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
breast cancerOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Cholestatic liver diseaseOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritisOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Nasolacrimal duct obstructionOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
dyshidrosisOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
dyskeratosis congenitaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
hepatocellular carcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
gastric carcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Alzheimer diseaseOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Tetralogy of FallotOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
intestinal tuberculosisOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
AQP6Protein interaction94%MIPProtein interaction74%AQP12AProtein interaction61%AQP7BShared pathway60%AQP7Protein interaction59%AQP11Protein interaction59%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Lung
100%
Heart
94%
Bone Marrow
57%
Ovary
4%
Brain
0%
Liver
0%
Gene Interaction Network
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AQP10AQP6MIPAQP12AAQP7BAQP7AQP11
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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PDB6F7H · 2.30 Å · X-ray
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.99LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.64 [0.43–0.99]
RankingsWhere AQP10 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #9,171of 20,598
    Most Researched47
  • #9,523of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.99
Genes detectedAQP10
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
Aquaporins in sepsis- an update.
PMID: 39544938
Front Immunol · 2024
1.00
2
Aquaporins in Cancer Biology.
PMID: 35847914
Front Oncol · 2022
0.90
3
Aquaporins in Digestive System.
PMID: 36717492
Adv Exp Med Biol · 2023
0.80
4
Expression and localization of two isoforms of AQP10 in human small intestine.
PMID: 15898950
Biol Cell · 2005
0.70
5
New members of mammalian aquaporins: AQP10-AQP12.
PMID: 19096782
Handb Exp Pharmacol · 2009
0.60