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    WAN MUHAMMAD IRFAN WAN MOHD ZOHAR
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    The document discusses the mechanisms of the Na-K pump in maintaining low intracellular sodium and high intracellular potassium concentrations. The Na-K pump actively transports 3 sodium ions out of the cell and brings 2 potassium ions into the cell through each cycle. Sodium ions binding triggers phosphorylation and a shape change that releases sodium outside the cell. Potassium ions then bind and trigger dephosphorylation, returning the pump to its original shape and releasing potassium into the cytoplasm. This pump action allows the cell to perform its normal functions.

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    The document discusses the mechanisms of the Na-K pump in maintaining low intracellular sodium and high intracellular potassium concentrations. The Na-K pump actively transports 3 sodium ions out of the cell and brings 2 potassium ions into the cell through each cycle. Sodium ions binding triggers phosphorylation and a shape change that releases sodium outside the cell. Potassium ions then bind and trigger dephosphorylation, returning the pump to its original shape and releasing potassium into the cytoplasm. This pump action allows the cell to perform its normal functions.

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    Present Plasma Membrane

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    WAN MUHAMMAD IRFAN WAN MOHD ZOHAR
    The document discusses the mechanisms of the Na-K pump in maintaining low intracellular sodium and high intracellular potassium concentrations. The Na-K pump actively transports 3 sodium ions out of the cell and brings 2 potassium ions into the cell through each cycle. Sodium ions binding triggers phosphorylation and a shape change that releases sodium outside the cell. Potassium ions then bind and trigger dephosphorylation, returning the pump to its original shape and releasing potassium into the cytoplasm. This pump action allows the cell to perform its normal functions.

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    PLASMA MEMBRANE

    Wan Zahid
    Wan Irfan
    Wan Saqif
    ACTIVE TRANSPORT USES ENERGY TO MOVE
    SOLUTES AGAINST THEIR GRADIENTS AND IT
    INVOLVED PROTEIN PUMPS. EXPLAIN THE
    MECHANISMS OF NA-K PUMP IN MAINTAINING A LOW
    CONCENTRATION OF NA AND A HIGH
    CONCENTRATION OF K WITHIN THE CELL

    -PROTEIN PUMP REMOVED 3 NA+ FROM THE CELL & 2 K+ WILL BE CARRIED IN
    THROUGH ACTIVE TRANSPORT
    -3 NA+ BIND TO BINDING SITES OF PROTEIN . THE BINDING OF NA+ TRIGGERS
    PHOSPHORYLATION OF PROTEIN
    -PHOSPHORYLATION TRIGGERS CHANGE IN THE PROTEIN SHAPE THUS
    RELEASING NA+ OUTSIDE THE CELL
    -2K+ IONS BIND TO BINDING SITES . THE BINDING OF K+ TRIGGERS
    DEPHOSPHORYLATION
    -DEPHOSPHORYLATION CAUSES THE PROTEIN TO CHANGE BACK TO ITS
    ORIGINAL SHAPE , K+ RELEASED OUT INTO CYTOPLASM
    -THIS ALLOW CELL TO PERFORM THEIR FUNCTION

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