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proton pumps

proton pumps is the plural 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.

Questions about proton pumps

What is proton pumps the plural of?
Proton pumps is the plural of proton pump.

Words near proton pumps in the dictionary

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

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