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Carrier Proteins

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A carrier protein binds a specific substance and changes shape to move it across the membrane, saturating once every carrier is occupied.

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When blood glucose exceeds what the kidney's glucose carriers can reabsorb, the excess passes into the urine.

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Once saturated, raising the gradient further does not raise the transport rate — the carriers become the limit.