symporter

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der.

English sym-

English porter

English symporter

From sym- + porter.

Noun

symporter (plural symporters)

1. (biochemistry) An integral membrane protein involved in the movement of different molecules or ions in the same direction across a phospholipid membrane.

Hypernyms

• cotransporter
  • ion pump
    • protein

Related terms

• antiporter
• uniporter

Translations

integral membrane protein

• Finnish: symportteri

See also

• symporter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia