1. transported together or simultaneously, especially across a biological membrane by a shared transport system
Usage: biology; biochemistry; technical

1. past tense and past participle of cotransport; to transport (two or more substances) together across a cell membrane using a single transport mechanism
Usage: biology; biochemistry; technical

Examples

• Sodium and glucose are cotransported across the intestinal epithelium by the same carrier protein.
• The cotransported ions moved together through the cell membrane in a single coordinated process.
• Researchers studied how cotransported molecules interact during active transport.
• The cotransported substances maintained their concentration gradient across the barrier.
• In symport, two molecules are cotransported in the same direction across the membrane.