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Why urea can't cross membranes?
Passive diffusion - Urea has its own concentration gradient so it will go from an area of high concentration through the cell membrane into an area of lower concentration.
Diffusion of glucose and starch?
Glucose and starch diffuse differently due to their molecular sizes. Glucose is a small, soluble molecule that can diffuse easily through cell membranes via facilitated diffusion. In contrast, starch is a large, complex molecule that cannot diffuse through cell membranes and requires enzymatic breakdown before it can be transported into cells.
How do materials move through simple diffusion?
Materials move through simple diffusion by the process of random molecular movement, where molecules naturally spread from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration. This movement occurs across permeable membranes without the need for energy input, as substances seek to achieve equilibrium. Small, nonpolar molecules, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide, are typically able to diffuse easily through cell membranes, while larger or charged molecules may require facilitated diffusion or active transport.
Facilitated diffusion moves large molecules through what?
Glucose and polypeptides.
Why the line-with-gaps model is not suitable to explain facilitated diffusion?
Facilitated diffusion is a carrier-mediated form of transport across a membrane. The line-with-gaps model doesn't show the carrier proteins that are in the cell membrane. These proteins are what help facilitated diffusion occur.
What is diffusion assisted by special protein molecules which bind to substances that diffuse across membranes?
facilitated diffusion
How do water soluble molecules diffuse through biological membranes?
Water soluble molecules diffuse through biological membranes via facilitated diffusion, which involves the use of specific transport proteins embedded in the membrane. These proteins create channels or carriers that allow the molecules to pass through the hydrophobic interior of the membrane. This process is passive and does not require energy input from the cell.
How does Facilitated diffusion differs from diffusion in that facilitated diffusion?
Facilitated diffusion involves the use of carrier proteins to move specific molecules across the cell membrane, while simple diffusion does not require proteins and involves the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to low concentration. Facilitated diffusion is selective and allows for faster transport of specific molecules that may be too large or polar to diffuse freely through the membrane.
What is facilited diffusion?
Facilitated Diffusion is the movement of molecules across cell membranes through protein channels and carrier proteins.Facilitated diffusion is a passive transport process, aka no energy required, where substances move down their concentration gradient (high concentration to low concentration) across a protein through a membrane protein because it is unable to diffuse directly through the phospholipid portion of the membrane itself.Diffusion of molecules assisted by protein channels that pierce a cell membrane
Definition of facilitated?
Facilitated diffusion (or facilitated transport) is a process of diffusion, a form of passive transport. Polar molecules and charged ions are dissolved in water but they can not diffuse freely across cell membranes due to the hydrophobic nature of the lipids that make up the lipid bilayers. Only small nonpolar molecules, such as oxygen can easily diffuse across the plasma membrane. All polar molecules should be transported across membranes by proteins that form transmembrane channels. These channels are gated so they can open and close, thus regulating the flow of ions or small polar molecules. Larger molecules are transported by transmembrane carrier proteins, such as permeases that change their conformation as the molecules are carried through, for example glucose or amino acids.
State how facilitated diffusion is achieved?
Facilitated diffusion occurs when a substance is aided across a membrane by a special molecule called an ionophore. Ionophores allow some molecules to diffuse but not others, effectively speeding up the rate of diffusion of that molecule.
How would you define diffusion?
Cellular diffusion is when molecules in the cell go from high concentration to low concentration to balance out the concentration. Small molecules can diffuse through the cell membrane, but larger molecules need the help of proteins. This is call facilitated diffusion.
Does facilitated diffusion use transport proteins?
Yes, facilitated diffusion relies on transport proteins to help molecules cross the cell membrane. These proteins provide a pathway for specific molecules to pass through the membrane, usually down their concentration gradient, without requiring energy input from the cell.
A form of diffusion in which the molecules pass through a protein instead of between the phospholipids is called?
Glucose molecules are molecules that pass through a protein instead of between the phospholipids. This is because they are to big to diffuse through phospholipids.
Why urea can't cross membranes?
Passive diffusion - Urea has its own concentration gradient so it will go from an area of high concentration through the cell membrane into an area of lower concentration.
Is facilitated diffusion?
Facilitated Diffusion is the movement of molecules across cell membranes through protein channels and carrier proteins.Facilitated diffusion is a passive transport process, aka no energy required, where substances move down their concentration gradient (high concentration to low concentration) across a protein through a membrane protein because it is unable to diffuse directly through the phospholipid portion of the membrane itself.Diffusion of molecules assisted by protein channels that pierce a cell membrane
Facilitated transport means?
Facilitated diffusion Facilitated diffusion in cell membrane, showing ion channels and carrier proteins Facilitated diffusion (or facilitated transport) is a process of diffusion, a form of passive transport facilitated by transport proteins. The facilitated diffusion may occur either across biological membranes or through aqueous compartments of an organism. Polar molecules and charged ions are dissolved in water but they can not diffuse freely across cell membranes due to the hydrophobic nature of the lipids that make up the lipid bilayers. Only small nonpolar molecules, such as oxygen can diffuse easily across the membrane. All polar molecules should be transported across membranes by proteins that form transmembrane channels. These channels are gated so they can open and close, thus regulating the flow of ions or small polar molecules. Larger molecules are transported by transmembrane carrier proteins, such as permeases that change their conformation as the molecules are carried through, for example glucose or amino acids. Non-polar molecules, such as retinol or fatty acids are poorly soluble in water. They are transported through aqueous compartments of cells or through extracellular space by water-soluble carriers as retinol binding protein. The metabolites are not changed because no energy is required for facilitated diffusion. Only permease changes its shape in order to transport the metabolites. The form of transport through cell membrane which modifies its metabolites is the group translocation transportation.
