BIOL 2021 Lecture 2: Chapter 11

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Audio recording started: 8:33 am thursday, june 30, 2016. Transmembrane proteins account for 15-30% of transport mechanism. In some mammalian cells (nerve and kidney), 2/3 of metabolic energy is consumed in membrane transport. Vast differences between intra- and extracellular content of the cell. Greatest difference for calcium - critical - used for muscle contraction, enzyme function . Cations and anions must balance in and out. Calcium and magnesium inside the cell is held by other molecules, what is unbound is said to be free; total concentration is much higher than free. To maintain concentrations, transporters and channels are used. The electrochemical gradients across the cell membrane creates potential energy for the cell. Allows bacteria, mitochondria and chloroplast to generate atp. Given time, any molecule will diffuse across a synthetic lipid bilayer down its concentration gradient. Hydrophobicity of the molecule (hydrophilic molecules are harder to move across the bilayer)

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