Saturday, April 21, 2012

[GP] Q.7. Types of carrier protein:


  • a) Uniport : They transport only 1 substance.
  • b) Symport(co transport) : Movement of two substances in same direction across membrane by carrier protein( example: Na+ glucose co transport, Na+ amino acid co transport.)
  • c) Antiport(counter transport) : Movement of two substances in opposite direction across membrane by carrier protein( example :  Na+-K+ pump, Na+-H+ pump)

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