Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several cell-membrane proteins that function as channels for the transport of a specific molecule in or out of the cell.

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  • noun biochemistry Any of several enzymes that transport membrane proteins.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[perme(ate) + –ase.]

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From Perme(ate) + -ase.

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Examples

  • Irreducible complexity, what good would the permease be without the galactosidase?

    Coopting cooption - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • The products of that successful lactose metabolism then activate the gene for the lac permease, which ensures a steady supply of lactose entering the cell.

    Coopting cooption - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • An example of the latter model is the beta galactosidase induction in E. coli which is maintained by inducer concentrations much smaller than that required for initiating induction, because inducer is pumped into the cells by the induced permease

    Renato Dulbecco - Nobel Lecture 1992

  • This strain produces elevated levels of two enzymes, maltose permease and maltase, involved in starch degradation.

    1 Upgrading Traditional Biotechnological Processes 1992

  • Nirenberg's thesis, performed under the guidance of Dr. James Hogg, was a study of a permease for hexose transport in ascites tumor cells.

    Marshall W. Nirenberg - Biography 1969

  • Niegemann E, Schulz A, Bartsch K (1993) Molecular organization of the Escherichia coli gab cluster: nucleotide sequence of the structural genes gabD and gabP and expression of the GABA permease gene.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Christopher G. Langendorf et al. 2010

  • Seth A, Connell ND (2000) A peptide permease mutant of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arunava Dasgupta et al. 2010

  • Bacillus subtilis is homologous to the oligopeptide permease locus and is required for sporulation and competence.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arunava Dasgupta et al. 2010

  • (Microbacterium hydantoin permease 1) - the transporter protein responsible for transporting molecules called hydantoins into cells, where they are converted into amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • (Microbacterium hydantoin permease 1) - the transporter protein responsible for transporting molecules called hydantoins into cells, where they are converted into amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

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