Explain what saturation of the glucose transporter means and what this would look like on a...

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Explain what saturation of the glucose transporter means and whatthis would look like on a graph showing glucose transport rate vs.concentration of glucose (as was shown in the previous question).How can you increase the rate of glucose transport when you havereached saturation?

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Since polar molecules cannot be transported across the plasmamembrane carrier proteins called glucosetransporters are needed for cellular uptakeGlucose transporters    See Answer
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