Are voltage gated sodium channels, and voltage gated potassium channels considered secondary active transporters? If not...

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Are voltage gated sodium channels, and voltage gated potassiumchannels considered secondary active transporters? If not then whatare they called, and could you please explain what a secondaryactive transporter is and include a common example of one?

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Voltage gated sodium channels and voltage gated potassiumchannels are not considered secondary active transporters ratherthey are primary active transporters Primary active transport iscoupled directly with a metabolic    See Answer
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