Term Name: porin activity
Synonyms: outer membrane exporter porin, porin
Definition: Enables the transfer of substances, sized less than 1000 Da, from one side of a membrane to the other. The transmembrane portions of porins consist exclusively of beta-strands which form a beta-barrel. They are found in the outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria, mitochondria, plastids and possibly acid-fast Gram-positive bacteria.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0015288]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: wide pore channel activity
has subtype: autotransporter activity fimbrial usher porin activity long-chain fatty acid transporting porin activity maltose transporting porin activity nucleoside-specific channel forming porin activity oligosaccharide transporting porin activity toxin export channel activity