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What is the energy needed to pump sodium outside the cell in active transport?

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If the concentration of sodium outside the cell is more than inside , so to take out the sodium , ATP is used as the cells has to work against concentration gradient !

You can see this in Neurons as a example ! There is sodium pump to throw sodium out of cell !!
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