Fig. 10B: Active Transport: The Sodium-Potassium Pump - Step 2

Then a phosphate group is transferred from ATP to the transport protein causing it to change shape and release the sodium ions outside the cell.

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Professor of Microbiology, The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Last updated: August, 2019
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