Symporter is a related term of antiporter.
In biochemistry terms the difference between antiporter and symporter
is that antiporter is a cell protein that acts within an antiport to transport different molecules or ions across the membrane in opposite directions while symporter is an integral membrane protein involved in the movement of different molecules or ions in the same direction across a phospholipid membrane.
antiporter
English
Noun
(
wikipedia antiporter)
(
en noun)
(biochemistry) A cell protein that acts within an antiport to transport different molecules or ions across the membrane in opposite directions
symporter
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(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