Chapter 6, Problem 29RA

Summary Introduction

To review:

Carrier-mediated transport and its type.

Introduction:

Glucose, amino acids, lactic acids, and other organic compounds have to be transferred from the extracellular environment inside the cells for the production of energy. The transport of molecules through the lipid membrane of cells is done by various mechanism. Some molecules require energy for their transport and some directly diffuse through the membrane and so on. The lipid membrane has many protein channels that transport the molecules across the membrane.