apq-6 encodes an aquaporin whose expression in Xenopus oocytes increases water permeability five- to seven-fold; AQP-6 is expressed in the cilia and cell bodies of IL1 sensory neurons; AQP-6 is orthologous to human AQP8 (OMIM:603750).
Enables water channel activity. Involved in water transport. Located in neuronal cell body and non-motile cilium. Expressed in IL1 neuron. Is an ortholog of human AQP8 (aquaporin 8).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.