Organisms that can survive using citrate as the sole source of carbon have a citrate permease enzyme that can transport citrate molecules into the cell. Citrate permease is a membrane protein that ena...Organisms that can survive using citrate as the sole source of carbon have a citrate permease enzyme that can transport citrate molecules into the cell. Citrate permease is a membrane protein that enables the transport of citrate into the cell. (Right) When a bacterial cell produces citrate permease, citrate molecules are transported into the bacterial cell.
