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What is the importance of the protein used in Method B during cellular transport?

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By moving substances across membranes, transport proteins make everything from nerve impulses to cellular metabolism possible. Without transport proteins, for example, the sodium-potassium gradient that allows our nerves to fire would not exist.
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