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. 2014 Sep 10;3(3):143–153. doi: 10.1159/000367858

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Rocker switch model of transmembrane transport. Transporters pass through a sequence of conformations, which allow solutes alternate access to a central binding site from the two faces of the membrane. Shown is the example of a uniporter, but secondary active transport is easily incorporated in this model.