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1.A.8.11.3
Plasma membrane aquaporin 1, PIP1, PIP1;2, PIP1b, of 286 aas and 6 TMSs (Törnroth-Horsefield et al., 2006).  Transports H2O, H2O2 (Dynowski et al., 2008), O2 and CO2 (Zwiazek et al. 2017).  Forms active heterotetramers with PIP2;1 (1.A.8.11.4); down regulated under drought stress (Najafabadi et al., 2008); plays a role in salt tolerance (Li et al. 2018). Gated by H+, Ca2+, Mn2+ and Cd2+ (Verdoucq et al., 2008). The wheat orthologue has been described (Ayadi et al., 2011). 96% identical to PIP1;3. In Selaginella moellendorffii (Sm; spikemoss), SmPIP1;1 is retained in the ER while SmPIP2;1 is found in the plasma membrane but, upon co-expression, both isoforms are found in the plasma membrane as a heterotetramer, leading to a synergistic effect on water membrane permeability (Bienert et al. 2018). In some speices, PIP1 is inactive (e.g., in maize), but formation of a hetrotetramer with PIP2 allows transport (Vajpai et al. 2018). Transmembrane helices 2 and 3 determine the localization of plasma membrane PIPs (Wang et al. 2019). PIP1;2 from Malus domestica confers salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis (Wang et al. 2022).  The Pip1.1 and Pip1.2 of Brassica rapa mediate the uptake of neonicotinoid pesticides (Wan et al. 2024).  

Accession Number:P61837
Protein Name:PIP1.1 aka PIP1a aka Aquaporin 1
Length:286
Molecular Weight:30689.00
Species:Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-ear cress) [3702]
Number of TMSs:6
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Cell membrane1 / Multi-pass membrane protein2
Substrate hydrogen peroxide, water, dioxygen, carbon dioxide

Cross database links:

RefSeq: NP_001078323.1    NP_191702.1   
Entrez Gene ID: 825316   
Pfam: PF00230   
KEGG: ath:AT3G61430   

Gene Ontology

GO:0009941 C:chloroplast envelope
GO:0016021 C:integral to membrane
GO:0005739 C:mitochondrion
GO:0005886 C:plasma membrane
GO:0005773 C:vacuole
GO:0015250 F:water channel activity
GO:0009414 P:response to water deprivation
GO:0055085 P:transmembrane transport
GO:0006833 P:water transport

References (5)

[1] “Water channels in the plant plasma membrane cloned by immunoselection from a mammalian expression system.”  Kammerloher W.et.al.   7920711
[2] “Sequence and analysis of chromosome 3 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.”  Salanoubat M.et.al.   11130713
[3] “Empirical analysis of transcriptional activity in the Arabidopsis genome.”  Yamada K.et.al.   14593172
[4] “From genome to function: the Arabidopsis aquaporins.”  Quigley F.et.al.   11806824
[5] “Methylation of aquaporins in plant plasma membrane.”  Santoni V.et.al.   16839310

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FASTA formatted sequence
1:	MEGKEEDVRV GANKFPERQP IGTSAQSDKD YKEPPPAPFF EPGELSSWSF WRAGIAEFIA 
61:	TFLFLYITVL TVMGVKRSPN MCASVGIQGI AWAFGGMIFA LVYCTAGISG GHINPAVTFG 
121:	LFLARKLSLT RALYYIVMQC LGAICGAGVV KGFQPKQYQA LGGGANTVAH GYTKGSGLGA 
181:	EIIGTFVLVY TVFSATDAKR NARDSHVPIL APLPIGFAVF LVHLATIPIT GTGINPARSL 
241:	GAAIIYNKDH SWDDHWVFWV GPFIGAALAA LYHVVVIRAI PFKSRS