Solute carrier family 22 member 18 of the Major Facilitator Superfamily of transporters
Solute carrier family 22 member 18 (SLC22A18) is also called Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome chromosomal region 1 candidate gene A protein (BWR1A or BWSCR1A), efflux transporter-like protein, imprinted multi-membrane-spanning polyspecific transporter-related protein 1 (IMPT1), organic cation transporter-like protein 2 (ORCTL2), or tumor-suppressing subchromosomal transferable fragment candidate gene 5 protein (TSSC5). It is localized at the apical membrane surface of renal proximal tubules and may act as an organic cation/proton antiporter. It functions as a tumor suppressor in several cancer types including glioblastoma and colorectal cancer. SLC22A18 belongs to the Eukaryotic Solute carrier 46 (SLC46)/Bacterial Tetracycline resistance (TetA) -like (SLC46/TetA-like) family of the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) of transporters. MFS proteins are thought to function through a single substrate binding site, alternating-access mechanism involving a rocker-switch type of movement.
Feature 1:putative chemical substrate binding pocket [chemical binding site]
Evidence:
Comment:based on the structures of MFS transporters with bound substrates, substrate analogs, and/or inhibitors
Comment:since MFS proteins facilitate the transport of many different substrates including ions, sugar phosphates, drugs, neurotransmitters, nucleosides, amino acids, and peptides, the residues involved in substrate binding may not be strictly conserved among superfamily members
Comment:the substrate binding site or translocation pore has access to both sides of the membrane in an alternating fashion through a conformational change of the MFS transporter
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