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What is tertiary active transport?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Tertiaryuses secondary which in its turn uses primary:-Primary uses ATP and so creates anelectrochemicalgradient.

-Secondary uses this gradient and so creates a concentration gradient.

-Tertiary uses this concentration gradient.


Example: Proximal Straight Tubule in Nephrons

Primary: Basolateral NaK-pump

Secondary: Na/H antiporter.

Tertiary: Cl/base exchange.

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