BIO130H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Lipid Bilayer, Active Transport, Uniporter

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The bilayer is almost completely impermeable to larger polar molecules (even uncharged ones!) Even if it does allow this transfer to occur, it does so at an extremely slow rate. It also does not allow the movement of ions across the lipid bilayer by simple diffusion: all of these molecules require membrane proteins for transport, this is important for regulating the concentration of molecules. If a molecule like glucose was able to pass through based on simple diffusion with no regulation, then it could just leak out of the cell. They are given this name because they move one molecule by passive transport down the electrochemical gradient. The direction of transport is reversible; depending on the direction of the electrochemical gradient, the molecule will either move in or out of the cell. This high concentration of glucose creates a gradient that can drive glucose into the cells that line blood vessels.

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