Facilitated diffusion requires the presence of specific carrier proteins embedded in the cell membrane to help transport molecules across the membrane. These carrier proteins assist in the movement of molecules down their concentration gradient without requiring energy input from the cell.
Simple diffusion does not involve the use of transport proteins and relies on the concentration gradient of molecules for movement across the membrane. Facilitated diffusion, on the other hand, requires specific transport proteins to help facilitate the movement of molecules across the membrane, often against their concentration gradient.
Yes, active transport requires a membrane because it involves the movement of molecules or ions against their concentration gradient, which requires energy expenditure. This process is facilitated by specific transport proteins embedded within the membrane.
Facilitated diffusion is a type of passive transport that requires special carrier proteins to help molecules move across the cell membrane. These carrier proteins assist in the movement of specific molecules that cannot cross the membrane on their own.
No. Water molecules can osmotically cross the cell membrane because they are small enough that their polarity does not matter. Then there are porins. Channels across the cell membrane that water molecules use.
Yes, facilitated diffusion requires a carrier or channel protein for the movement of molecules across the cell membrane.
A large glucose molecule requires facilitated diffusion but an oxygen molecule does not is a semipermeable membrane.
Active transport requires energy to move a molecule.
Osmosis requires a semipermeable membrane, such as a cell membrane, that allows water molecules to pass through while blocking the passage of solute molecules. It also requires a concentration gradient, with higher concentrations of solute on one side of the membrane compared to the other, to drive the movement of water molecules.
Facilitated diffusion requires the presence of specific carrier proteins embedded in the cell membrane to help transport molecules across the membrane. These carrier proteins assist in the movement of molecules down their concentration gradient without requiring energy input from the cell.
Simple diffusion does not involve the use of transport proteins and relies on the concentration gradient of molecules for movement across the membrane. Facilitated diffusion, on the other hand, requires specific transport proteins to help facilitate the movement of molecules across the membrane, often against their concentration gradient.
Yes, active transport requires a membrane because it involves the movement of molecules or ions against their concentration gradient, which requires energy expenditure. This process is facilitated by specific transport proteins embedded within the membrane.
Facilitated diffusion is a type of passive transport that requires special carrier proteins to help molecules move across the cell membrane. These carrier proteins assist in the movement of specific molecules that cannot cross the membrane on their own.
Diffusion is the movement of molecules across a cell membrane from an area of high concentration to low concentration without the need for a protein. Facilitated diffusion also moves molecules from high to low concentration, but requires a specific protein to help them pass through the membrane.
No. Water molecules can osmotically cross the cell membrane because they are small enough that their polarity does not matter. Then there are porins. Channels across the cell membrane that water molecules use.
Molecules that permeate a plasma membrane by facilitated diffusion are typically larger, polar molecules that cannot pass through the lipid bilayer unassisted. These molecules rely on specific transport proteins embedded within the membrane to facilitate their movement across the membrane down their concentration gradient.
Facilitated diffusion requires the presence of membrane channels or transporters to move molecules across the membrane. Osmosis, on the other hand, does not require membrane channels as it involves the passive movement of water molecules through the lipid bilayer of the membrane.