BISC 220Lg Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Transport Protein, Glucose Transporter, Facilitated Diffusion

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Bisc 220: these processes are not in isolation, most reactions go in two directions, only one is. Favored: passive diffusion, facilitated diffusion, channel proteins: these are membrane proteins that form channels through the plasma membrane. i. ii. iii. Channel proteins are lined with hydrophobic amino acids. The best studied protein channels are the ion channels. There are various mechanisms for controlling the opening and closing of ion channels. Once the channel is opened, millions of ions can rush through it per seconds. Just how fast these ions move and in which direction depends on the concentration gradient. The potassium channel: this is inserted in membranes iv: two types of transport proteins for facilitated diffusion i. ii. iii. iv. Carrier/transport protein: allows transport to be selective, ex. The binding sites of glucose transporters can discriminate between d-glucose (which can be used by cells) and l-glucose (which cannot). Transport/carrier proteins form channels but they also specifically bind the transported substance.

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