Permease

The permeases are membrane transport proteins, a class of multipass transmembrane proteins that allow the diffusion of a specific molecule in or out of the cell in the direction of a concentration gradient, a form of facilitated diffusion. [1]

The permease binding is the first step of translocation. LacY protein from Escherichia coli is an example of a permease.[2]

  1. ^ "Substrate Transport in Lactose Permease".
  2. ^ J., Ninfa, Alexander; P., Ballou, David (2004). Fundamental laboratory approaches for biochemistry and biotechnology. Wiley. ISBN 1891786008. OCLC 633862582.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)