The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Aquaporin 8 across different species:

aquaporin 8 (AQP8), aquaporin 8 (Aqp8), aquaporin 8a (aqp8a), zgc:158752 (zgc:158752), aquaporin 8 (aqp8), aquaporin 8 (LOC100127152), aquaporin 8 (LOC100008960)

Other aliases include:

MGC93492, AI255744, AQP8, aqp8, db04c12, mg:db04c12, zgc:103682, MGC158752, MGC116564, LOC100127152, LOC100008960

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Aquaporin 8:

aquaporin 8 – aquaporin-8 – AQP-8 – membrane water channel – aquaporin 8a

Aquaporin 8 fulfills a number of functions:

transporter activity – water channel activity

Aquaporin 8 is relevant to the following processes:

transport – water transport – canalicular bile acid transport – transmembrane transport

Locations for Aquaporin 8:

integral to plasma membrane – plasma membrane – integral to membrane – intracellular canaliculus – microsome – membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology