Question

Observe the diagram carefully and answer the following.
a) Name the type of transport.
b) Define the process.

Answer 1

a) It is an active form of transport

b) In this process:

The carrier protein faces towards the extracellular face

The substrate particles get attached to the carrier molecule

The carrier molecule translocates using chemical energy

Releases the substrate molecules into the cytoplasm of the cell.

After the release the carrier protein moves back to the cell surface.