A Number of Systems for Pumping Ions Across Membranes Are

question 89

Multiple Choice

A number of systems for pumping ions across membranes are powered by ATP.Such ATP-powered pumps are often called ATPases although they don't often hydrolyze ATP unless they are simultaneously transporting ions.Because small increases in calcium ions in the cytosol can trigger a number of different intracellular reactions,cells keep the cytosolic calcium concentration quite low under normal conditions,using ATP-powered calcium pumps.For example,muscle cells transport calcium from the cytosol into the membranous system called the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) .If a resting muscle cell's cytosol has a free calcium ion concentration of 10⁻⁷ while the concentration in the SR is 10⁻²,then how is the ATPase acting?

• A)ATPase activity must be powering an inflow of calcium from the outside of the cell into the SR.
• B)ATPase activity must be transferring℗ ᵢ to the SR to enable this to occur.
• C)ATPase activity must be pumping calcium from the cytosol to the SR against the concentration gradient.
• D)ATPase activity must be opening a channel for the calcium ions to diffuse back into the SR along the concentration gradient.
• E)ATPase activity must be routing calcium ions from the SR to the cytosol, and then to the cell's environment.

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