Lesson 9: Sodium-Potassium Pump (An Introduction)

The sodium-potassium pump is an enzyme found in the membrane of all animal cells.

  • It performs many different functions
  • It's made of - you guessed it - sodium and potassium

 

The enzyme is active

  • This means it uses energy from ATP
  • For every ATP molecule it uses, three sodium ions are pushed out and two potassium ions are pulled in