The function of ENSG00000240583 (AQP1, aquaporin 1 (Colton blood group)) is as follows. Forms a water channel that facilitates the transport of water across cell membranes, playing a crucial role in water homeostasis in various tissues (PubMed:1373524, PubMed:23219802). Could also be permeable to small solutes including hydrogen peroxide, glycerol and gases such as amonnia (NH3), nitric oxide (NO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) (PubMed:16682607, PubMed:17012249, PubMed:19273840, PubMed:33028705, PubMed:8584435). Recruited to the ankyrin-1 complex, a multiprotein complex of the erythrocyte membrane, it could be part of a CO2 metabolon, linking facilitated diffusion of CO2 across the membrane, anion exchange of Cl(-)/HCO3(-) and interconversion of dissolved CO2 and carbonic acid in the cytosol (PubMed:17012249, PubMed:35835865). In vitro, it shows non-selective gated cation channel activity and may be permeable to cations like K(+) and Na(+) in vivo (PubMed:36949749, PubMed:8703053). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1373524, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16682607, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17012249, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19273840, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23219802, ECO:0000269|PubMed:33028705, ECO:0000269|PubMed:35835865, ECO:0000269|PubMed:36949749, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8584435, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8703053}.