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Title: Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the sodium-potassium pump?
Post by: dolby on May 20, 2015
Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the sodium-potassium pump?
A)   The ATP driven pump operates as a symport system.
B)   The pump transports 3 potassium ions into the cell for every 2 sodium ions it transports out of the cell.
C)   Phosphorylation of the ATPase transport protein causes a conformational change resulting in the expulsion of sodium into the extracellular fluid.
D)   When potassium binds to the ATPase transport protein, the protein is phosphorylated.
E)   It is a secondary transport pump.


Title: Re: Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the sodium-potassium pump?
Post by: randis_oddy on Jun 27, 2015
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Title: Re: Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the sodium-potassium pump?
Post by: dolby on Jun 28, 2015
Thanks for your generous help ^^