Active Transport

Active Transport
 Energy is used in this
process (ATP)
 Molecules moves
from a region of low
concentration to
high concentration
 Transport protein
forces the movement
of molecules
 Active Transport
Molecules to be
transported

Transport Protein

Transported
Molecules
Types of Active Transport
 1. Endocytosis
-is a type of active transport that
moves particles, such as large molecules,
part of cells, and even whole cells, into a
cell.
Types of Active Transport
 Endocytosis can be used to bring large
particles, such as glucose, into a cell. Also,
this process can be used by white blood
cells to ingest viruses and bacteria and
then digest them in their lysosomes.

This is how white blood

cells eat bacteria.
Sub-Categories of Endocytosis
1. Phagocytosis
- “cell eating”
- Intake of solid
particle
II. Pinocytosis
- “cell drinking”
- Intake of liquid
particles
Types of Active Transport
 II. Exocytosis
- it is very similar
to endocytosis except
that it deposits
materials from inside
the cell on the outside
instead of the other
way around.
- An example of
exocytosis is the
nerves releasing
transmitter.
Types of Active Transport
 The Sodium-Potassium Pump is a structure known as
a cell-membrane pump that uses energy to transport
Sodium and Potassium ions in and out of the cell.
There are other varieties of cell membrane pump,
however the sodium-potassium pump plays a vital
role in maintaining a cell's homeostasis.

 The pump is powered by a molecule of ATP. The ATP

allows the shape of the pump to change, emptying its
contents either into or out of the cell. Below are the
steps that the sodium-potassium pump uses to
function:
Types of Active Transport