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There is a need for glucose inside a cell but the glucose molecule is too large to pass through the cell membrane How does the cell solve this problem?
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It transports the glucose through transport proteins.
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How are glucose molecules moved Ino a cell?
The glucose goes in through the membrane and can in or out either ways.
How does a cell solve the problem of glucose being to big to pass through the cell membrane?
Active uptake, which requires energy and protein carriers in the membranes.
What happens if a molecule is too large to go through a membrane?
The molecule will be transported across the membrane by way of a transport protein or protein channel.
Which protein is responsible for transport of glucose across cell membrane?
A family of proteins called GLUT carry glucose molecules across the cell membrane.
Does glucose enter or leave a cell?
through the pancreas you dunce
There is a need for glucose inside a cell but the glucose molecule is too large to pass through the cell membrane. How does the cell solve this problem?
It transports the glucose through transport proteins.
Why does glucose pass through the membrane faster then mannose and galactose?
There are glucose carriers in the plasma membrane
What are the special structures in the cell membrane that allow water and sugar pass through it made of?
These special structures are called protein gates or protein channels. Water is able to diffuse through the cell membrane since it is a small molecule. However, there are channels called aquaporins that allow water to enter the cell. A glucose molecule cannot just diffuse into a cell. There are glucose channels on the surface of the cell membrane that bind glucose molecules and allow them to enter the cell.
What will not diffuse through the cell membrane?
Glucose
Why is glucose allowed to pass through a semipermeable membrane and not starch?
Whether molecules are able to pass through the membrane depends on the size of the molecules. Smaller ones can, and larger ones cannot. Glucose can pass through a cell membrane because it is a monomer, which is a smaller molecule than the polymer molecules of starch.
A molecule such as glucose must use a protein channel to cross through a cell membrane?
facilitated diffusion
Why cant glucose be able to move across a cell membrane by simple diffusion?
the lipid bilayer forms a barrier to water soluble substances such as glucose
How do glucose pass through the membrane pores?
by moving.
What does not freely diffuse through the plasma membrane?
glucose
Where is glucose taken into cell?
through the plasma membrane
How does a cell solve the problem of glucose being to big to pass through the cell membrane?
Active uptake, which requires energy and protein carriers in the membranes.
How are glucose molecules moved Ino a cell?
The glucose goes in through the membrane and can in or out either ways.
