oligosaccharide transporting porin activity

Term ID

GO:0015478

Synonyms

• raffinose porin

Definition

Enables the transfer of oligosaccharide, 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.

References

Ontology

GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO