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English: Comparison of membrane transport methods. There is passive transport, which includes simple and facilitated diffusion, and active transport. The diagram doesn't show endocytosis or exocytosis (another method of transporting substances across the plasma membrane). The diagram was made on Google Drawings.
There are two types of active transport: primary active transport that uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and secondary active transport that uses an electrochemical gradient. This process is in contrast to passive transport , which allows molecules or ions to move down their concentration gradient, from an area of high concentration to an area ...
This active transport enables the kidney to establish an osmotic gradient that is essential to the kidneys ability to concentrate the urine past isotonicity. K + is passively transported along its concentration gradient through a K + leak channel in the apical aspect of the cells, back into the lumen of the ascending limb.
The rate of ion transport through the channel is very high (often 10 6 ions per second or greater). Ions pass through channels down their electrochemical gradient , which is a function of ion concentration and membrane potential, "downhill", without the input (or help) of metabolic energy (e.g. ATP , co-transport mechanisms, or active transport ...
Secondary active transport is when one solute moves down the electrochemical gradient to produce enough energy to force the transport of another solute from low concentration to high concentration. [ citation needed ] An example of where this occurs is in the movement of glucose within the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT).
This process is referred to as active transport. For instance, inhibiting vesicular H +-ATPases would result in a rise in the pH within vesicles and a drop in the pH of the cytoplasm. All of the ATPases share a common basic structure. Each rotary ATPase is composed of two major components: F 0 /A 0 /V 0 and F 1 /A 1 /V 1. They are connected by ...
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Reabsorption is a two-step process beginning with the active or passive extraction of substances from the tubule fluid into the renal interstitium (the connective tissue that surrounds the nephrons), and then the transport of these substances from the interstitium into the bloodstream.