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The channel has a large diameter of 0.8x1.1nm, and is non-selective for small ions. However, it has an upper exclusion size limit corresponding to molecular weights of about 600 Dalton of permeants. Because most metabolites have molecular weights lower than 600 Da and have been shown to pass through porin channels, porins are called general diffusion pores.
Most channels are specific (selective) for one ion; for example, most potassium channels are characterized by 1000:1 selectivity ratio for potassium over sodium, though potassium and sodium ions have the same charge and differ only slightly in their radius.