Definition of Antiporters

1. Noun. (plural of antiporter) ¹

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Medical Definition of Antiporters

1. Membrane glycoproteins that transport substrates across the membrane in a tightly coupled stoichiometric manner. The stoichiometry of influx of one substrate and the efflux of another is fixed by a single transport catalytic cycle; that is, the membrane is not freely permeable to either substrate. Antiporters mediate secondary active transport, using the electrochemical energy of a primary gradient (mostly for sodium) that is built up by an ATP-consuming transporter (mostly sodium, potassium atpase) to maintain transmembrane gradients for other electrolytes or metabolic substrates. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiporters

antipoliticians
antipolitics
antipollution
antipollutions
antipoor
antipop
antipope
antipopes
antipopular
antipopulist
antipopulists
antiport
antiporter
antiporters (current term)
antiports
antiposic
antipositional
antipot
antipoverty
antiprecipitin
antipredator
antipregnancy
antipreparedness
antipress
antiprevention
antiprism
antiprisms
antiprivacy

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