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Maintaining the Electrical Balance
Inside the Cell

The basic materials inside the cell, like DNA, RNA and
lipids, are negatively charged and potassium, and certain
amounts of magnesium and to a lesser extent, sodium help to
balance this negative charge in the cell. 66
Sodium ions are constantly pumped outside the cell by

special pumps to keep the sodium level high on the cell surface.
However, keeping the electrolytes at certain levels in certain re-
gions, most notably the sodium, is a job that requires extensive
consciousness. There exists a lipid barrier between the cell and
the external environment. In order to allow the materials that

are required inside the cell to pass through these barriers, sodi-
um that had been previously pumped out side is used. For this
purpose, a special protein specific for the sodium and the rele-
vant substance is located in the cell’s membrane and sodium
ions help to move these substances, like sugar and amino acids,
through these gates.

Transportation By Walking Proteins

Our body is home to constant syntheses every moment.
Newly produced molecules are taken to their respective regions
and carry out their duties there. These transportations take
place sometimes through the blood stream and sometimes with

the help of the proteins in the blood. The way they help is very
interesting; some proteins are put in molecular packages that
walk to the place of delivery with their cargoes. These proteins
are called motor proteins.