Water channel; may be responsible for regulating the osmolarity of the lens; defects in MIP are a cause of autosomal recessive congenital CATARACT; RefSeqNM_012064; do not confuse with MIP protein (microtubule-assembly inhibitor protein)
Also Known As:
AQP0 protein; MIP (lens membrane); MIP protein, human; MP26 major intrinsic protein of lens fiber; Mip protein, mouse; Mip protein, rat; aquaporin 0, human; lens fiber junction (MIP) protein; lens fiber major intrinsic protein, human; lens major instrinsic protein; lens protein MP26; main intrinsic protein (lens membrane); major intrinsic protein of eye lens fiber, mouse; major intrinsic protein of eye lens fiber, rat