The sodium–potassium pump (sodium–potassium adenosine triphosphatase, also known as Na+/K+-ATPase, Na+/K+ pump, or sodium–potassium ATPase) is an enzyme...
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are used to help maintain membrane polarity with the help of the sodium potassium pump, and are paired with water to thin the mucus of the airway lumen...
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The functions of potassium and sodium in living organisms are quite different. Animals, in particular, employ sodium and potassium differentially to...
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Active transport (redirect from Protein pump)
impulse transmission. For example, the sodium-potassium pump uses ATP to pump sodium ions out of the cell and potassium ions into the cell, maintaining a concentration...
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means of the sodium–potassium pump, living human cells pump three sodium ions out of the cell in exchange for two potassium ions pumped in; comparing...
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Membrane potential (section Ion pumps)
allows an inward flow of sodium, thereby counteracting the sodium-potassium pump, but, because overall sodium and potassium concentrations are much higher...
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As potassium moves out of the cell the potential within the cell decreases and approaches its resting potential once more. The sodium potassium pump works...
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movement of potassium and sodium through the cell membrane is mediated by the Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase pump. This ion pump uses ATP to pump three sodium ions out of...
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contractile force of the heart. Sodium–potassium pump Active transport Cardiac action potential Potassium-dependent sodium-calcium exchanger Yu SP, Choi...
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Ataxia (section Potassium pump)
clinical deficits. Malfunction of the sodium-potassium pump may be a factor in some ataxias. The Na+ -K+ pump has been shown to control and set the intrinsic...
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roles in the sodium-potassium pump, a transmembrane ATPase that pumps three sodium ions out of the cell for every two potassium ions it pumps into the cell...
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potassium (and sodium) gradients are established by the Na+/K+-ATPase (sodium-potassium pump) which transports 2 potassium ions inside and 3 sodium ions...
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P-type ATPase (redirect from P-type pump)
sodium-potassium pump (Na+/K+-ATPase), the proton-potassium pump (H+/K+-ATPase), the calcium pump (Ca2+-ATPase) and the plasma membrane proton pump (H+-ATPase)...
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Cardiac action potential (section Potassium channels)
transport mechanism). For example, the sodium (Na+) and potassium (K+) ions are maintained by the sodium-potassium pump which uses energy (in the form of adenosine...
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Sodium–potassium alloy, colloquially called NaK (commonly pronounced /næk/), is an alloy of the alkali metals sodium (Na, atomic number 11) and potassium...
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been studying the pumping of sodium and potassium in red blood cells. Post had recently discovered that three sodium ions were pumped out of the cell for...
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allow marine vertebrates to drink seawater. Active transport via sodium–potassium pump, found on the basolateral membrane, moves salt from the blood into...
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Magnesium deficiency (section Potassium)
of the sodium-potassium pump results in more potassium remaining in the extracellular space (interstitial fluid and plasma). And this potassium is then...
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concentrations. The few ions that do cross are pumped out again by the continuous action of the sodium–potassium pump, which, with other ion transporters, maintains...
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autoimmune mechanisms. Malfunction of the sodium-potassium pump may be a factor in some dystonias. The Na+ -K+ pump has been shown to control and set the...
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tangles). Current theories include the non-selective blockade of sodium-potassium pumps in the brain causing osmotic imbalances or swelling in the cells...
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Palytoxin targets the sodium-potassium pump protein by locking it into a position where it allows passive transport of both sodium and potassium ions, thereby...
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Diabetic ketoacidosis (section Potassium)
redistributing it into cells via increased sodium-potassium pump activity. A large part of the shifted extracellular potassium would have been lost in urine because...
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is created by sodium–potassium pumps in the cell membrane, which pump sodium ions out of the cell, into the ECF, in return for potassium ions which enter...
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potential (−70 mV in neuron). Sodium (Na+) and potassium ions inside and outside the cell are moved by a sodium potassium pump, ensuring that electrochemical...
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enough energy to sustain the sodium/potassium pump. Such questions became even more urgent as dozens of new metabolic pumps were added as new chemical gradients...
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Membrane transport (section Pumps)
against their gradient. One of the most important pumps in animal cells is the sodium potassium pump, that operates through the following mechanism: binding...
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out of the cell by the sodium-potassium pump) into the cytoplasmic space. The sodium-calcium exchanger exchanges 3 sodium ions for 1 calcium ion and represents...
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function of the inner segment is to provide ATP (energy) for the sodium-potassium pump. Finally, closest to the brain (and farthest from the field of view)...
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decrease its rate of contractions by inhibiting the cellular sodium-potassium ATPase pump. Their beneficial medical uses include treatments for congestive...
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