Question 11

(Multiple Choice)

This family of ATPases is structurally related to the turbine-like pumps that acidify lysosomes and vesicles; however, they usually function in reverse, generating ATP from ADP and Pᵢ using proton gradients across membranes. What are they called?


A) P-type pumps
B) ABC transporters
C) V-type pumps
D) F-type pumps
E) Permeases

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