Active transport & Co-transport Flashcards

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What is active transport?

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against the concentration gradient using energy from ATP via a carrier protein

e.g. glucose

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What is co transport?

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via a carrier protein

it moves 2 molecules at once

one goes down its conc^ gradient and the other molecules go against its conc gradient

e.g. glucose and sodium ions

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