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permease

[ pur-mee-eys, -eyz ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. any of the proteins that mediate the transport of various molecules across biological membranes.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of permease1

< French perméase (1956), equivalent to permé ( able ) permeable + -ase -ase

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