Encodes a tonoplast intrinsic protein, which functions as water channel. It has also been shown to be able to facilitate the transport of urea and hydrogen peroxide. Highly expressed in vascular tissues of the root, stem, cauline leaves and flowers but not in the apical meristems.
Computational Description
gamma tonoplast intrinsic protein (GAMMA-TIP); FUNCTIONS IN: water channel activity, urea transmembrane transporter activity; INVOLVED IN: in 6 processes; LOCATED IN: in 7 components; EXPRESSED IN: 33 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Major intrinsic protein, conserved site (InterPro:IPR022357), Aquaporin (InterPro:IPR012269), Major intrinsic protein (InterPro:IPR000425); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: tonoplast intrinsic protein 2 (TAIR:AT3G26520.1); Has 11016 Blast hits to 10983 proteins in 2213 species: Archae - 82; Bacteria - 5238; Metazoa - 1501; Fungi - 451; Plants - 2489; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 1255 (source: NCBI BLink).