Shikimate transporter and similar proteins of the Major Facilitator Superfamily
This subfamily is composed of Escherichia coli shikimate transporter (ShiA), inner membrane metabolite transport protein YhjE, and other putative metabolite transporters. ShiA is involved in the uptake of shikimate, an aromatic compound involved in siderophore biosynthesis. It has been suggested that YhjE may mediate the uptake of osmoprotectants. The ShiA-like subfamily belongs to the Metazoan Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2 (SV2) and related small molecule transporter family (SV2-like) of the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) of membrane transport proteins. 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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