Major facilitator family

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Major Facilitator Superfamily
Identifiers
Symbol MFS_1
Pfam PF07690
InterPro IPR011701
PROSITE PDOC50850
SCOP 1pw4
TCDB 2.A.1
OPM family 15
OPM protein 1pw4
Available PDB structures:

1pw4A:34-400

The Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) transporters are secondary carriers transporting small solutes in response to chemiosmotic ion gradients[1][2].

[edit] Human proteins containing this domain

[edit] References

  1. ^ Paulsen IT, Pao SS, Saier Jr MH (1998). "Major facilitator superfamily". Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 62 (1): 1–34. PMID 9529885. 
  2. ^ Gould GW, Walmsley AR, Barrett MP, Bringaud F (1998). "Sugar transporters from bacteria, parasites and mammals: structure-activity relationships". Trends Biochem. Sci. 23 (12): 476–481. doi:10.1016/S0968-0004(98)01326-7. PMID 9868370. 

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