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Aquaporin Water Channels (Nobel Lecture)
Author(s) -
Agre Peter
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200460804
Subject(s) - water channel , aquaporin , membrane , water transport , chemistry , biophysics , component (thermodynamics) , ion channel , polymer science , biochemistry , biology , engineering , water flow , oceanography , physics , geology , environmental engineering , inlet , thermodynamics , receptor
Water is the most important component of all organisms and is the basis of all life. That water can pass through cell membranes has long been known—but how is the selective transport of water molecules achieved without concommitent diffusion of H 3 O + ions? Peter Agre received the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and investigation of the membrane proteins responsible, namely, the aquaproteins.