It transports Na+ and K+ ions up their concentration gradients.
Because a pump sucks in the water or other material, the sodium-potassium pump also sucks these two in and then moves them from place to place.
Active transport. To go "upstream" requires ATP, a form of energy, to pump against the ion gradient.
One form of active transport is the sodium-potassium pump, which actively transports sodium ions out of the cell and potassium ions into the cell against their concentration gradients, using ATP as energy.
Active transport requires the use of ATP because in active transport things move against the concentration gradient. Usually there is a protien pump (which is a form of a transport protien) that does this.
Active transport requires energy to move substances across a cell membrane against their concentration gradient, whereas passive transport does not require energy and relies on the concentration gradient. Examples of active transport include the sodium-potassium pump and endocytosis.
Active transport is used to move a molecule from a region of low concentration to a region of high concentration. This process requires energy input in the form of ATP to pump the molecule against its concentration gradient.
B: A Sodium-potassium pump
B. a soudium-potassium pump.
One form of active transport is the vacuoles that hold the water and energy to transport to the nucleus which controls all the cell's activities!!
Active transport. To go "upstream" requires ATP, a form of energy, to pump against the ion gradient.
One form of active transport is the sodium-potassium pump, which actively transports sodium ions out of the cell and potassium ions into the cell against their concentration gradients, using ATP as energy.
Active transport requires the use of ATP because in active transport things move against the concentration gradient. Usually there is a protien pump (which is a form of a transport protien) that does this.
Active transport requires energy to move substances across a cell membrane against their concentration gradient, whereas passive transport does not require energy and relies on the concentration gradient. Examples of active transport include the sodium-potassium pump and endocytosis.
Active transport processes, such as the sodium-potassium pump, require cells to expend energy in the form of ATP. The energy from ATP is needed to move molecules or ions against their concentration gradient, from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration.
Secondary active transport aka facilitated diffusion [depending on your teacher].
The sodium potassium pump requires ATP - i.e. it is involved in active transport, not facilitated transport.
sodium-potassium pump
Active transport