Aquaporin-10

UniProtKB accession:  Q96PS8

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UniProtKB description:  Aquaglyceroporins form homotetrameric transmembrane channels, with each monomer independently mediating glycerol and water transport across the plasma membrane along their osmotic gradient (PubMed:11573934, PubMed:12084581, PubMed:21733844, PubMed:23382902, PubMed:30420639). Could also be permeable to urea (PubMed:12084581). Among aquaglyceroporins, it exhibits a unique pH-gated glycerol transport activity, being more active at acidic pH. It most likely plays a central role in the efflux of glycerol formed during triglyceride hydrolysis in adipocytes and in glycerol uptake by enterocytes, as both processes occur and are stimulated at acidic pH (PubMed:11573934, PubMed:23382902, PubMed:30420639).