Which of the following statements are correct? Explain your answers. The plasma membrane is highly impermeable to all charged molecules. Channels have specific binding pockets for the solute molecules they allow to pass. Transporters allow solutes to cross a membrane at much faster rates than do channels. Certain H+ pumps are fueled by light energy. The plasma membrane of many animal cells contains open K+ channels, yet the K+ concentration in the cytosol is much higher than outside the cell. A symport would function as an antiport if its orientation in the membrane were reversed (i.e., if the portion of the molecule normally exposed to the cytosol faced the outside of the cell instead). The membrane potential of an axon temporarily becomes more negative when an action potential excites it.

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Which of the following statements are correct? Explain your answers.

  1. The plasma membrane is highly impermeable to all charged molecules.
  2. Channels have specific binding pockets for the solute molecules they allow to pass.
  3. Transporters allow solutes to cross a membrane at much faster rates than do channels.
  4. Certain H+ pumps are fueled by light energy.
  5. The plasma membrane of many animal cells contains open K+ channels, yet the K+ concentration in the cytosol is much higher than outside the cell.
  6. A symport would function as an antiport if its orientation in the membrane were reversed (i.e., if the portion of the molecule normally exposed to the cytosol faced the outside of the cell instead).
  7. The membrane potential of an axon temporarily becomes more negative when an action potential excites it.
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