[Term]
id: PR:000044676
name: channel protein
def: "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." [GO:0015267, PRO:XQ]
comment: Category=family.
synonym: "fam:chan" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DAN]
synonym: "pore protein" EXACT [PRO:XQ]
synonym: "nonselective channel protein" EXACT [PRO:XQ]
synonym: "channel-forming toxin protein" EXACT [PRO:XQ]
synonym: "pore class transporter protein" EXACT [PRO:XQ]
synonym: "channel/pore class transporter protein" EXACT [PRO:XQ]
intersection_of: capable_of GO:0015267 ! channel activity
intersection_of: PR:000000001 ! protein