BIOL 2P03 Lecture 2: Week 2 Lecture

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Have a slight uneven distribution of charge (water is a polar molecule due to the oxygen which is more negative) What can pass: small molecules, uncharged molecules that can readily cross the lipid bilayer without needing proteins, water is slightly permeable to the water bilayer (use aquaporin) Charges on the molecule will be repelled by charges in the lipid bilayer. Simple diffusion molecules pas through lipid bilayer without protein assistance. There is a gradient that forces the molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. Electrical movement moving uncharged molecules during simple diffusion doesn"t really affect the molecules. What are the 3 main mechanisms of protein-assisted transport for molecules that are impermeable or only weakly permeable to the lipid bilayer: protein transporters, atp powered pumps, ion channels. Proteins have to be integral membrane (inside the membrane) that span the lipid bilayer to move them.

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