1. present participle of cotransport; to transport two or more substances simultaneously across a cell membrane using a single transport protein
Usage: biology; biochemistry; technical

Examples

• The sodium-glucose cotransporter is cotransporting both sodium ions and glucose molecules into the cell.
• Cells are cotransporting amino acids and hydrogen ions across the membrane simultaneously.
• The protein is cotransporting two different ions in opposite directions.
• Researchers studied how the transporter was cotransporting substrates under various pH conditions.
• The mechanism involves cotransporting one molecule inward while moving another outward.