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Why does glucose transporter cross the cell membrane?
Glucose serves as a major source of energy for metabolic processes in mammalian cells. Since polar molecules cannot be transported across the plasma membrane, carrier proteins called glucose transporters are needed for cellular uptake.
Is glucose transported by facilitated diffusion?
The GLUTs transport glucose across the plasma membrane by means of a facilitated diffusion mechanism.
How does glucose diffuse into the cell?
Glucose cannot move across a cell membrane via simple diffusion because it is simple large and is directly rejected by the hydrophobic tails. Instead it passes across via facilitated diffusion which involves molecules moving through the membrane by passing through channel proteins.
Does glucose require ATP to cross the membrane?
There are two types of glucose transport. Facilitated diffusion does not require ATP as glucose is transported down the concentration gradient, e.g. GLUT. Glucose is also transported by secondary active transport by SGLTs (sodium-glucose linked transporters).
How does glucose cross a cell membrane?
Glucose tends to move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration, a process called diffusion. Because the glucose transporter works with the concentration gradient, its process of moving glucose across the cell membrane is called facilitated diffusion.
What process helps the diffusion of glucose across a membrane?
What type of transport supplies a cell with glucose?
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Does glucose enter cells through cell membrane or mitochondria?
glucose enters through cell membrane, travels through the cytoplasm to mitochondria, ATP pathway of glucose chloroplasts make glucose, glucose travels through cytoplasm to the mitochondria, mitochondria converts glucose into ATP