English Explanatory Dictionary

proton pump

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any protein in the membrane of a cell or mitochondrion whose function is to move protons across the membrane and thus establish an electrochemical potential.

Word forms

proton pump proton pumps proton-pump
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