Antiporter is a hyponym of cotransporter.
In biochemistry|lang=en terms the difference between antiporter and cotransporter
is that antiporter is (biochemistry) a cell protein that acts within an antiport to transport different molecules or ions across the membrane in opposite directions while cotransporter is (biochemistry) an integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient.
As nouns the difference between antiporter and cotransporter
is that antiporter is (biochemistry) a cell protein that acts within an antiport to transport different molecules or ions across the membrane in opposite directions while cotransporter is (biochemistry) an integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient.
antiporter
English
Noun
(
wikipedia antiporter)
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en noun)
(biochemistry) A cell protein that acts within an antiport to transport different molecules or ions across the membrane in opposite directions
cotransporter
English
Noun
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en noun)
(biochemistry) An integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient
Hyponyms
*symporter
*antiporter
