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A protein channel is a transport protein that helps larger molecules, that would otherwise not be able to defuse throw the membrane of a cell, to move in or out of the cell depending on the concentration gradient.

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Difference between ion pump and channel?

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A specific protein that recognizes certain molecules bringing them across the membrane?

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