Membrane Protein and Membrane Structure 3 Flashcards
What is active transport ?
active transport is the movement of molecules across a membrane from a region of their lower concentration to a region of their higher concentration—against the concentration gradient.
Active transport requires cellular energy to achieve this movement. There are two types of active transport: primary active transport that uses ATP, and secondary active transport that uses an electrochemical gradient.
An example of active transport in human physiology is the uptake of glucose in the intestines.
How is active transport mediated by transporters ?
Pumping activity is directional because it is tightly coupled to a source of metabolic energy such as ion gradient and atp hydrolysis
What are the three types of active transport ?
Different forms of energy may be harnessed for active transport of solutes
Couple Carrier /atp driven pumps and light or redox driven pumps
Couple Carrier : Harness the energy stored in concentration gradients to couple the uphill transport of one solute across membrane to the downhill transport of another .
Atp Driven Pumps : Couple uphill transport to the hydrolysis of ATP .
Light or redox driven pumps known as bacteria or archaea mitochondria and chloroplasts couple uphill transports to an input of energy from light .
Why do active transport require assistant from carrier proteins not channel ?
Because channel proteins are not used in active transport because substances can only move through them in concentration gradient
Where as passive transport is area from high to low concentration
What is Uniport ?
Is an integral membrane proteins that transports a single type of substrate species chargered or uncharged across a cell membrane .
What is Symport?
Is an intergral membrane proteins that is involved in the transport of many different types of molecules across a cell membrane .
Ions move down the electrochemical gradient allowing other molecules to move against concentration gradient
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What is antiporter ?
Exchanger or counter transport
Involved in 2 active transport of two or more different molecules /ions across phospholipids in opposite directions .
What does the Tight coupling between the transfer of two solutes allow ?
Harvest energy stored in the electrochemical gradient of one solute which is inorganic ion to transport the other
What energy can be released during the movement of inorganic ion ?
Free energy can be realised during the movement of an inorganic ion down an electrochemical gradient is used as a driving force to pump other solutes uphill against their electrochemical gradient
This strategy can work either direction some couples transporters ,function as symporters as antiporters
What is the Co transported ion ?
Na + is because its electrochemical gradient provides a large driving force for the active transport of a second molecule
How does the NA+ ion do ?
Enters the cell it is during the coupled transport is pumped out by an ATP driven NA+ K= PUMP IN The plasma membrane by maintaining the NA+ gradient indirectly drives the coupled transport .
What is Secondary active transport ?
across a biological membrane in which a transporter protein couples the movement of an ion (typically Na+ or H+) down its electrochemical gradient to the uphill movement of another molecule or ion against a concentration/electrochemical gradient.
Ion driven coupled transported mediate the secondary active transport
What is primary active transport ?
In primary active transport, the energy is derived directly from the breakdown of ATP
ATP driven pumps mediate primary because free energy of ATP hydrolysis is used to directly drive the transport of a solute against the concentration gradient
What do intestinal and kidneys epithelial cells contain ?
Variety of symptoms driven by Na+ gradient across plasma membrane
Na+ driven symporters is specific for improving a small group of related sugars or amino acids into the cells .Na+ tends to move into the cell down the elecrochecial gradient .
Why are amino acids and sugars dragged into the cell ?
Greater the electrochemical gradient the sugar or amino is in a since of dragged into the cell with it .