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Active transport pumps are the ultimate example of biology cheating physics. They are noisy, energy-hungry, and constantly on the verge of exhaustion. Yet, at this very second, trillions of these microscopic machines are humming inside your retinas (so you can see light), your axons (so you can feel your toes), and your heart (so it can beat 100,000 times today).

The phosphate group is released, and the pump returns to its original configuration, ready to repeat the cycle. Types of Active Transport active transport pump