Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level
Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level
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ISBN: 9781118918463
Author: Voet
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 10, Problem 5E

(a)

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To identify: Whether ethanol is likely to cross a membrane by mediated or non-mediated transport.

Concept introduction: The free energy change for moving a substance across a membrane depends upon the concentrations on both sides of the membrane, and in case of ions, free energy change depends upon the membrane potential. Some membrane permeable substance can cross the membrane, but some substance cannot be diffused directly across a membrane; it needs some protein-based mediator to move across the plasma membrane of the cell. Non-mediated transport is the process of simple diffusion. Mediated transport is constituted through the action of definite carrier protein molecules.

(b)

Summary Introduction

To identify: Whether glycine is likely to cross a membrane by mediated or non-mediated transport.

Concept introduction: The free energy change for moving a substance across a membrane depends upon the concentrations on both sides of the membrane, and in case of ions, free energy change depends upon the membrane potential. A substance cannot be diffused directly across a membrane; it needs some protein-based mediator to move across the plasma membrane of the cell. Non-mediated transport is the process of simple diffusion. Mediated transport is constituted through the action of definite carrier protein molecules.

(c)

Summary Introduction

To identify: Whether cholesterol is likely to cross a membrane by mediated or non-mediated transport.

Concept introduction: The free energy change for moving a substance across a membrane depends upon the concentrations on both sides of the membrane, and in case of ions, free energy change depends upon the membrane potential. A substance cannot be diffuse directly across a membrane; it needs some protein-based mediator to move across the plasma membrane of the cell. Non-mediated transport is the process of simple diffusion. Mediated transport is constituted through the action of definite carrier protein molecules.

(d)

Summary Introduction

To identify: Whether ATP is likely to cross a membrane by mediated or non-mediated transport.

Concept introduction: The free energy change for moving a substance across a membrane depends upon the concentrations on both sides of the membrane and in case of ions, free energy change depends upon the membrane potential. A substance cannot be diffused directly across a membrane; it needs some protein-based mediator to move across the plasma membrane of the cell. Non-mediated transport is the process of simple diffusion. Mediated transport is constituted through the action of definite carrier protein molecules.

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