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Which of the Following Is FALSE Regarding the Sodium-Potassium Pump

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Which of the following is FALSE regarding the sodium-potassium pump?


A) It is a type of primary active transport antiporter.
B) It changes conformation after being phosphorylated, and expels sodium from inside the cell.
C) It relies on the hydrolysis of ATP in order to function.
D) It imports three K+ for every 2 Na+ it exports from the cell.
E) It releases its phosphate group after it binds to extracellular K+.

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