How Amino Acid Filters Shape Solute Selectivity in Aquaporin 10 Paralogs (IMAGE)

Institute of Science Tokyo

How Amino Acid Filters Shape Solute Selectivity in Aquaporin 10 Paralogs

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Researchers reveal how the presence of bulky aromatic amino acids at positions 1 and 3 of the aromatic/arginine selectivity filter determines urea and boric acid permeability in Aquaporin 10 paralogs.

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Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), Japan

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