NCBI Accession #
NP_178191.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_106724.3
NCBI Official Full Name
NOD26-like intrinsic protein 6;1
NCBI Official Symbol
NIP6;1
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATNIP6; F23A5.11; F23A5_11; NIP6; NLM7; NOD26-like intrinsic protein 6;1
NCBI Protein Information
NOD26-like intrinsic protein 6;1
NCBI Summary
Encodes a protein with boron transporter activity. It helps to preferentially direct boron to young developing tissues in the shoot, such as immature leaves, under low boron conditions. This boron channel appears to be impermeable to water, unlike the closely related NIP5;1 boron transporter. This protein also allows the transport of glycerol, urea, and formimide but not larger uncharged solutes such as arabitol and sucrose when it is expressed heterologously.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
AtNIP6;1
UniProt Protein Name
Aquaporin NIP6-1
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
NOD26-like intrinsic protein 6-1; AtNIP6;1
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9SAI4
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q5PP68
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9SAI4
UniProt Comments
Transports glycerol, urea and formamide, in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Very low water transport activity.