BMS 250 Chapter 4: BMS 250 Chapter 4 Part 4

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I. vesicular transport: also known as bulk transport. It involves energy input to transport large substances across the plasma membrane by a vesicle: a membrane-bounded sac filled with materials. Vesicular transport is organized into processes of exocytosis and endocytosis: exocytosis: means by which large substances or large amounts of substances are secreted from the cell. Macromolecules, such as large proteins and polysaccharides, are too large to be moved across the membrane, even with the assistance of transport proteins. The material for secretion typically is packaged within intracellular transport vesicles. When the vesicle and plasma membrane come into contact, the phospholipid molecules of the vesicle and plasma membrane bilayers rearrange themselves so that the two membranes fuse. The fusion of these lipid bilayers requires the cell to expend energy in the form of atp. Following fusion, the vesicle contents are released to the outside of the cell.

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