The glucose transporter in the proximal tubule
A) has no transport maximum.
B) does not depend on sodium reabsorption.
C) is ATP-dependent.
D) may be saturated at high filtered glucose loads.

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The glucose transporter in the proximal tubule may be saturated at high filtered glucose loads; glycosuria then results.A transport maximum does exist beyond which glycosuria occurs.A sodium-dependent protein co-transporter is needed.The transporter is not ATP-dependent.

The Glucose Transporter in the Proximal Tubule