What effect will the following mutations have on intestinal epithelial transport? Consider all the players that...

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What effect will the following mutations have on intestinalepithelial transport? Consider all the players that are beingtransported (water, Na+, glucose, K+)
a.  a mutation that inhibits the Na+/K+ ATPase
b.  a mutation that blocks binding of the glucose to theglucose transporter on the basolateral membrane

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Na K ATPase is located on the lateral surface of epithelialcell This is a type of primary active transport it utilizes ATPand tranport Na out side of cell in the lumen and K in theepithelial cell By doing so it maintain high concentrationgradient of Na across the    See Answer
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