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AveGali [126]
2 years ago
9

Aquaporin-1 exists in the cell membrane as a tetramer. Each monomer is a water channel that can hold 4 molecules of water at a t

ime. How many water molecules would be present in a complete aquaporin complex in the membrane of a red blood cell at one time?
Biology
1 answer:
mr_godi [17]2 years ago
3 0

Answer:

16

Explanation:

Aquaporin 1 is a protein coding which exists as a tetramer {a tetramer is an oligomer formed from four monomers}. It functions as a molecular water channel proteins and also a non-selective cation channels. Each monomer in a complete aquaporin complex can form four (4) water molecules. As such, there will be sixteen (16) molecules of water present in an Aquaporin-1 Complex.

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