Cell Function
protein transport
pro·tein trans·port [ proh-teen, -tee-in trans-pawrt, -pohrt ]
Subclass of:
Biological Transport
Definitions related to protein transport:
  • Process of moving proteins from one cellular compartment (including extracellular) to another by various sorting and transport mechanisms such as gated transport, protein translocation, and vesicular transport; index with INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT to differentiate intracellular from extracellular protein transport; do not confuse with TRANSPORT PROTEIN, a class of specific proteins.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The directed movement of proteins into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • The process of moving proteins from one cellular compartment (including extracellular) to another by various sorting and transport mechanisms such as gated transport, protein translocation, and vesicular transport.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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