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Cotransporter vs Symporter - What's the difference?

cotransporter | symporter | Hypernyms |

Symporter is a hypernym of cotransporter.

Symporter is a hyponym of cotransporter.



In biochemistry terms the difference between cotransporter and symporter

is that cotransporter is 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 while symporter is an integral membrane protein involved in the movement of different molecules or ions in the same direction across a phospholipid membrane.

cotransporter

English

Noun

(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

    See also

    *(wikipedia "cotransporter")

    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

    See also

    *(wikipedia "symporter")