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There are certain qualities that a molecule needs to have to be able to pass through a cell membrane. 1. size 2. does the cell need it.
Cell membrane's kind of have really little holes in them that allow cretian things to pass through it.
The cell membrane has large openings for stuff that are big like sugars... they use the theory of equilibrium (equal on each side) to decide on the amount of sugar that goes into the cells. If there are more sugars outside the cell, more sugars are allowed in until there are equal number on both sides.
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∙ 14y agoThe cell membrane is semi-permiable so that means that only some substances can pass through the cell membrane so that means sugar molecules pass the cell membrane.
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∙ 13y agoFacilitated means aided, so the short Answer is that nothing passes across the plasma bi-lipid layer that is not aided to cross via facilitation, by any one of a few different manners.
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∙ 11y agoYes. Glucose enters most cells by means of facilitated diffusion.
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∙ 10y agoDiffusion
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What happen during the facilitated diffusion?
Facilitated diffusion occurs against the osmotic potential/concentration gradient and requires energy at the expense of the ATP hydrolysis. There are several way in which this diffusion could occur in the cells. The first one being the ion exchangers. The ion exchangers are coupled with ATPase activity and they exchange ion(s) across the membrane. The most classical example of ion exchanger is the Na+/K+ ion exchanger and Ca+ ATPase. Other way of the facilitated diffusion in the ion channel. These could be voltage gated channel that open in response to the change in the membrane potential and the other being ligand gated channel that operate under the effect of ligand binding.
What is the name of the process when glucose enters cells?
Glucose can move into cells by active or passive transport, in both cases membrane-spanning proteins are required. Active transport (SGLT) uses the concentration gradient of Sodium ions to move glucose against its concentration gradient. Passive transporters (GLUT) are only effective if the concentration of glucose in the cell is lower than outside the cell.
When will water and solutes stop moving across a membrane?
Particles in a given medium stop moving across the membrane during diffusion when a state of equilibrium is reached, that is when the number of particles on either side of the membrane equalizes.
What are responsible for the transport of substances down a concentration gradient during facilitated diffusion?
Carrier proteins.
What are the molecules that help substances move through the cell membrane during active transport and facilitated diffusion?
In simple diffusion, small noncharged molecules or lipid soluble molecules pass between the phospholipids to enter or leave the cell, moving from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration (they move down their concentration gradient). Oxygen and carbon dioxide and most lipids enter and leave cells by simple diffusion.
What happen during the facilitated diffusion?
Facilitated diffusion occurs against the osmotic potential/concentration gradient and requires energy at the expense of the ATP hydrolysis. There are several way in which this diffusion could occur in the cells. The first one being the ion exchangers. The ion exchangers are coupled with ATPase activity and they exchange ion(s) across the membrane. The most classical example of ion exchanger is the Na+/K+ ion exchanger and Ca+ ATPase. Other way of the facilitated diffusion in the ion channel. These could be voltage gated channel that open in response to the change in the membrane potential and the other being ligand gated channel that operate under the effect of ligand binding.
What happens during the process of facilated diffusion?
the diffusing substances first binds selectively to facilitative transporter, then transported across membrane by the change of confirmation of the protein, this process is called as facilitative diffusion
What happens during the process of faciltated diffusion?
An Integral Membrane Protein Assists A Specific Substances Across The Membrane.
What make osmosis and diffusion the same?
Molecules travel across the cell membrane from a higher concentration to a lower concentration during both osmosis and diffusion. Diffusion is when molecules move across the cells' membrane from a higher concentration to a lower concentration. Osmosis is the diffusion of water.
What happens during the process of faciliated diffusion?
Facilitated diffusion is a passive transport process where specific proteins in the cell membrane help larger or charged molecules pass through. These proteins act as channels or carriers, allowing molecules to move down their concentration gradient without requiring energy input from the cell. This process is important for the movement of substances like glucose and ions across the cell membrane.
When are transport proteins used?
During facilitated diffusion
Does facilitated diffusion require ATP?
In cells, passive diffusion is energy independent and therefore does not require ATP. This is opposed to active transport which requires either energy in the form of ATP or a charge gradient to move a molecule or ion across the membrane.
Explain how osmosis differs from diffusion?
Osmosis differs from Diffusion because in osmosis only water moves, and during diffusion, small molecules move across the cell membrane.
What substance is most commonly transported during facilitated diffusion?
Glucose
What are examples of facilitated diffuse?
Entry of CO2 in the leaves during photosynthesis and its exit during night. Absorption of water by root hairs is another example of facilitated diffusion.
What does a cell use during facilitated diffusion to help get substances in or out of the cell?
carrier protein
How do diffusion facilitated diffusion osmosis and active transport differ?
1Diffusion (which includes facilitated diffusion) and osmosis are passive. This means that they do not require any energy input; they go ahead spontaneously.Diffusion happens in a cup of tea, particularly just after you add some sugar. The dissolved sugar will gradually spread through the liquid. (But it's quicker to invest in a teaspoon!)The active in active transport refers to the need for a supply of energy. In a cell this energy often comes from the hydrolysis of ATP.2Osmosis involves the movement of a solvent, which in cells is always water. Many substances can diffuse, but in osmosis it is only water molecules that move.3Osmosis requires a membrane that is permeable to water but not to solutes. Such a membrane is known as a semi-permeable membrane (or selectively-permeable membrane, or differentially-permeable membrane).4Diffusion can occur anywhere that atoms, ions, or molecules are free to move. Facilitated diffusion simply means diffusion across a membrane through special places in the membrane.(This is like people going in and out of a room. In theory we could take a sledgehammer to the wall and enter anywhere, but our entry and departure is facilitated by doors. Many substances cannot cross a phospholipid bilayer, and must find special crossing points.)Substances cross cell membranes by facilitated diffusion through special proteins, called channel proteins and carrier proteins.5Active transport is always through carrier proteins. This kind of protein is highly selective (for example, one type of carrier protein moves sodium ions one way and potassium ions the other way across the membrane) and changes shape during the process, reverting to its former shape when the substance has passed through.
