channel protein
A protein that has channel activity. Channel proteins enable energy-independent facilitated diffusion, mediated by passage of a solute through a transmembrane aqueous pore or channel. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0015267 ]
Term info
channel protein
- channel-forming toxin protein
- channel/pore class transporter protein
- fam:chan
- nonselective channel protein
- pore class transporter protein
- pore protein
Category=family.
protein
PR:000044676