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2. What are porins?  What role do they play in diffusion?

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Porins are proteinaceous hydrophilic channels present in the outer membrane of plastids, mitochondria and some bacteria. They allow passage of large biomolecules, even small-sized proteins as per diffusion gradient. Aquaporins are water channels for the diffusion of water molecules across the plasma membrane. 

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