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Why are proteins not found in the proximal convulated tubule

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Glucose is filtered through the glomerulus into the Bowman's capsule. However, in the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT), glucose molecules, almost 100% of them, are actively reabsorbed back into the blood. ... Proteins, do not filter through the glomerulus under normal cicumstances. They are simply too large to do so
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