Why can oxygen diffuse across a cell membrane but a protein cannot ?

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Iclman · Answer 1 · 2018-12-20T02:23:37+0000

Oxygen is much smaller than a protein. proteins are too large, A protein cannot diffuse across a cell membrane because as the pore radius of the membrane approaches the protein radius, the mobility of the protein is significantly reduced

Why can oxygen diffuse across a cell membrane but a protein cannot ?

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