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Kaylis [27]
3 years ago
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The Na K ATPase is also known as the Na -K pump. It is responsible for maintaining the high extracellular sodium ion concentrati

on and the high intracellular potassium ion concentration. What happens immediately after the pump hydrolyzes ATP?
Biology
1 answer:
Vlad1618 [11]3 years ago
5 0

Answer: The options are missing from the question.

A) Na+ is bound

B) ADP is bound

C) The pump is phosphorylated

D) The pump changes conformation

The correct answer to the question is option C

THE PUMP IS PHOSPHORYLATED

Explanation: Sodium potassium pump (Na+ K+ pump) is a mechanism that uses active transport to move sodium Na+ and potassium K+ in and out of cellular compartments (intracellular and extracellular) inorder to maintain a gradient. It is responsible for maintaning a high extracellular sodium ion concentration and a high intracellular potassium ion concentration.

Once the sodium-potassium pump hydrolyses ATP,the pump will become phosphorylated (transmission of signal throughout the cell) lowing the affinity of the pump to sodium,this causes 3 sodium ions to move out of the intracellular compartment into the the extracellular compartment. The pump further brings two potassium ions together causing a dephosphorylation(inhibition of signal transmission throughout the cell) and then moves the 2 potassium ions out of the cell. This mechanism continues till there is a higher extracellular sodium concentration and a high intracellular potassium concentration therefore achieving the desired gradient(optimum)

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