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flippase

noun

Etymology

From flip + -ase.

  1. inherited from filippen
  2. suffixed as flippase — “flip + ase”

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme located in the membrane responsible for aiding the movement of phospholipid…

    Any enzyme located in the membrane responsible for aiding the movement of phospholipid molecules between the two leaflets that compose a cell's membrane (transverse diffusion).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for flippase. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA