The structure of the sodium-potassium pump is presented in a schematic cell membrane. The extracellular space is situated above and the intracellular space below the figure. The left-hand side of the ...

Jens Chr. Skou's sodium-potassium pump is best known as the membrane pump that is needed for the normal functioning of nerve cells, kidney cells and most of the body's other cells. The pump works like ...

Na+,K+-ATPases establish and maintain the vital electrochemical gradients for Na+ and K+ across animal cell membranes. The protein is a ternary complex composed of α, βand FXYD subunits, of which ...

The Nobel laureate was the first to identify an enzyme moving material across the cell membrane. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, personal space is ...