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What happens when tonoplast can facilitate the transportation of many ions against a concentration gradient into vacuoles in plants?


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Tonoplast:

  1. Tonoplast is the membrane that surrounds the vacuole.
  2. It is a single membrane that separates the cytoplasm from the vacuoles.
  3. The tonoplast in plants is used for the promotion of the transportation of many ions and other substances against the concentration gradient into vacuoles.
  4. The concentration is higher in vacuoles than in the cytoplasm.

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