Definition of Permease
1. a catalyzing agent [n -S]
Medical Definition of Permease
1.
General term for a membrane protein that increases the permeability of the plasma membrane to a particular molecule, by a process not requiring metabolic energy.
See: facilitated diffusion.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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