# Chapter Three: Cell biology

### Cell membrane - Function - Proteins using ATPs

| Some proteins actively use energy from the ATPs in the cell to drag molecules from area of low concentration to areas of high concentration (working directly against diffision) an example of this is the sodium/potassium pump. Here the energy of a phosphate (shown in red) is used to exchange sodium atoms for potassium atoms.

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