Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

  • Help
align
annotate
download

Concept information

... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Ion Channels > Porins
... > Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Ion Channels > Porins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Ion Channels > Porins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Membrane Transport Proteins > Ion Channels > Porins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Carrier Proteins > Membrane Transport Proteins > Ion Channels > Porins

Preferred term

Porins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Porins are protein molecules that were originally found in the outer membrane of GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA and that form multi-meric channels for the passive DIFFUSION of WATER; IONS; or other small molecules. Porins are present in bacterial CELL WALLS, as well as in plant, fungal, mammalian and other vertebrate CELL MEMBRANES and MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES.

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Synonym(s)

  • Porin

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FGWF9VQQ-H

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 6/3/93, last modified 5/27/20