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RE: Membrane mediated transportation: Diffusion

in #steemstem7 years ago

diffusion involves a spontaneous movement of molecules in and out of the cell membrane while facilitated diffusion requires the creation of special channels (formed by carrier proteins) for molecules to pass through or through the help of carrier proteins.

Facilitated diffusion is for molecules whose spontaneous diffusion rates are too slow for the cell's requirement, hence there is need to facilitate or catalyze them to meet the cell's demand.

Hope I was able to illuminate your question. Thanks