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proton-pump

proton-pump is the alternative form of proton pump.

Meaning of proton pump

Noun

proton pump (plural proton pumps)

  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.

Forms of proton-pump

pluralproton-pumps

Phrases with proton-pump

Questions about proton-pump

What is proton-pump the alternative form of?
Proton-pump is the alternative form of proton pump.

Words near proton-pump in the dictionary

  1. proton pump inhibitors
  2. proton pumps
  3. proton therapy
  4. proton transfer
  5. proton-proton chain
  6. proton-pump
  7. proton-pump inhibitor
  8. proton-pump inhibitors
  9. proton-pumps
  10. protonatable
  11. protonate

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