Which of the following statements about con transport of solutes across a membrane is correct?

a. cotransport proteins allow a single ATP-powered pump to drive the active transport of many different solutes
b. in cotransport, both solutes that are being transported are moving down their chemical gradients
c. The sodium-potassium pump is an example of a cotransport protein
d. cotransport involves the hydrolysis of ATP by the transporting protein
e. a cotransport protein is most c


Answer: a. cotransport proteins allow a single ATP-powered pump to drive the active transport of many different solutes

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