ATP provides the energy for the sodium potassium pump.
The most likely place you're going to find a sodium potassium pump would be in the muscle cell membrane. The sodium potassium pump reverses the electronegative potential once the cell has depolarized. In other words, it primes the muscle cell to be able to contract again.
The sodium/potassium pump, the sodium leak channel and the potassium leak channel.
ATP and Pmf
Sodium-Potassium pump uses ATP (energy) to pump sodium out of cells and potassium back in.
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No. The body requires a high concentration of intracellular potassium and a high concentration of extracellular sodium.
The sodium-potassium pump in a cell's membrane is a form of active transportation that uses ATP (adenosine triphosphate) for energy.
Using energy supplied by ATP, sodium ions are constantly pumped out of the nerve cell while at the same time potassium ions are pumped into the cell. This is termed the sodium-potassium pump.
ATP
The sodium-potassium pump is extremely important, especially in your nerve cells (neurons). The pump has 3 binding cites for sodium ions, and 2 binding cites for potassium ions. It uses these binding cites to pump sodium to the outside of a membrane and potassium to the inside. This an example of using ATP (energy) to go against the concentration gradient.
The most likely place you're going to find a sodium potassium pump would be in the muscle cell membrane. The sodium potassium pump reverses the electronegative potential once the cell has depolarized. In other words, it primes the muscle cell to be able to contract again.