The sodium Na+/Glucose symport moves sodium and glucose across the plasma membrane. A) Describe was is meant by a symport. Include in your answer whether a symport is an example of a channel protein or a carrier protein. B) Why does the Na+/Glucose transporter work in only one direction? C) Describe how glucose can be both actively and passively transported into an out of the same cell. Include in your description how localization of transport proteins allows for these two different types of transport to occur in the same cell.

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The sodium Na+/Glucose symport moves sodium and glucose across the plasma membrane.

A) Describe was is meant by a symport. Include in your answer whether a symport is an example of a channel protein or a carrier protein.

B) Why does the Na+/Glucose transporter work in only one direction?

C) Describe how glucose can be both actively and passively transported into an out of the same cell. Include in your description how localization of transport proteins allows for these two different types of transport to occur in the same cell.

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