AQPX-cluster aquaporins and aquaglyceroporins are asymmetrically distributed in trypanosomes

Tesan et al. describe a large number of aquaporin protein sequences of the kinetoplastids using sequence similarity networks and phylogenetic trees. The authors conclude that trypanosomatid aquaporins integrate a distant cluster from the currently defined MIP families, which they term aquaporin X (A...

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Main Authors: Fiorella Carla Tesan, Ramiro Lorenzo, Karina Alleva, Ana Romina Fox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02472-9