2.A.1 The Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS)

The MFS is a very old, large and diverse superfamily that includes over a thousand sequenced members. They catalyze uniport, solute:cation (H+ or Na+) symport and/or solute:H+ or solute:solute antiport. Most are of 400-600 amino acyl residues in length and possess either 12, 14 or 24 putative transmembrane α-helical spanners. The 24 TMS MFS permease, NarK, of Paracoccus pantotrophus has two 12 TMS domains, NarK1 and NarK2, both of which are required for normal nitrate uptake. NarK1 catalyzes NO3-:H+ symport, dependent on the pmf, while NarK2 catalyzes NO3-:NO2- antiport, independent of the pmf (Wood et al., 2002). Thus, the protein is a fusion protein of two homologous but distinct MFS permeases.

MFS permeases exhibit specificity for sugars, polyols, drugs, neurotransmitters, Krebs cycle metabolites, phosphorylated glycolytic intermediates, amino acids, peptides, osmolites, siderophores (efflux), iron-siderophores (uptake), nucleosides, organic anions, inorganic anions, etc. They are found ubiquitously in all three kingdoms of living organisms. One member of the DHA2 family with 14 spanners, the TetL Me2+ · tetracycline:H+ antiporter of B. subtilis (TC #2.A.1.3.16), which also exhibits monovalent ion antiport activity, can be converted to a monovalent cation (Na+, K+, H+) antiporter with no tetracycline transport activity by deletion of TMSs 7 and 8, the two central and extra TMSs (Jin et al., 2001).

A 6.5 Å resolution structure for the MFS permease, OxlT (TC #2.A.1.11.1) has been obtained (Heymann et al., 2001; Hirai et al., 2002) which shows the positions of the transmembrane α-helices but does not allow assignment of the TMS # to these helices. Molecular modeling (Hirai et al., 2003) led to the suggestion that the 12 TMS protein arose from a 3 TMS element by two successive duplication events. The same suggestion resulted from sequence comparisons showing that the primordial 3 TMS element may have arisen from a VIC family (TC #1.A.1) 2 TMS channel-forming unit (Hvorup and Saier, 2003). TMSs 3, 6, 9 and 12 are hydrophobic while TMSs 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 line the channel. The protein may exhibit 4 fold symmetry.

The high-resolution 3-dimensional structures (3.3 and 3.5 Å resolution) of the glycerol-3-P:P antiporter (GlpT; TC #2.A.1.4.3) and the lactose:H+ symporter (LacY; TC #2.A.1.5.1), respectively (Huang et al., 2003 and Abramson et al., 2003, respectively; see also Locher et al., 2003) have been determined. These structures reveal the 2-fold symmetry expected, based on sequence similarity of the two halves. However, the 4-fold symmetry seen in the OxlT structure was not observed. The substrate pathway is predicted to exist between the two halves of the permeases using an alternating access mechanism with a single substrate binding site (Huang et al., 2003). This mechanism is termed a 'rocker switch' type of movement.

The generalized transport reactions catalyzed by MFS porters are:

(1) Uniport: S (out) S (in).

(2) Symport: S (out) + [H+ or Na+] (out) S (in) + [H+ or Na+] (in).

(3) Antiport: S1 (out) + S2 (in) S1 (in) + S2 (out) (S1 may be H+ or a solute).


This family belongs to the MFS Superfamily.

Macromolecular structures of proteins in this family:

2.A.1.4.3 - 1PW4
2.A.1.5.1 - 1PV6
2.A.1.5.1 - 1PV7


 

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Examples:

TC#NameOrganismal TypeExample
2.A.1.1 The Sugar Porter (SP) Family
2.A.1.1.1Galactose:H+ symporterBacteriaGalP of E. coli
 
2.A.1.1.2Arabinose (xylose; galactose):H+ symporterBacteriaAraE of E. coli
 
2.A.1.1.3Xylose:H+ symporterBacteriaXylE of E. coli
 
2.A.1.1.4Glucose uniporterBacteriaGlf of Zymomonas mobilis
 
2.A.1.1.5Hexose uniporterYeastHxtO of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.1.6Galactose, glucose uniporter (also transports xylose)YeastGal2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.1.7Quinate:H+ symporterFungiQay of Neurospora crassa
 
2.A.1.1.8Myoinositol:H+ symporterYeastITR1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.1.9Lactose, galactose:H+ symporterYeastLacP of Kluyveromyces lactis
 
2.A.1.1.10Maltose:H+ symporterYeastMAL6 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.1.11General α-glucoside H+ symporter
(Trehalose, maltose turanose, isomaltose, α-methyl-glucoside, maltotriose, palatinose, trehalose and melezitose): H+ symporter, Gtr3
YeastAGT1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.1.12Glucose uniporter (also transports dehydro-
ascorbate; Maulén et al., 2003)
AnimalsGtr3 (Glut3) of Rattus norvegicus (rat)
 
2.A.1.1.13Fructose uniporterAnimalsFtr of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.1.14Hexose:H+ symporterPlantsHup1 of Chlorella kessleri
 
2.A.1.1.15Putative sugar transporterArchaeaPorter of Sulfolobus sulfataricus
 
2.A.1.1.16Low-affinity hexose (glucose, fructose, mannose, 2-deoxyglucose) uniporterProtozoaGtr2 (D2) of Leishmania donovani
 
2.A.1.1.17Glucose transporterProtozoaTh2A of Trypanosoma brucei
 
2.A.1.1.18Glucose (low) sensorYeastSnf3p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.1.19Glucose (high) sensorYeastRgt2p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.1.20Myoinositol:H+ symporter, MITProtozoaMIT of Leishmania donovani; most similar to ITRI of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.1.21Hexose:H+ symporter, Ght2 (Glucose > Fructose)YeastGht2 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe
 
2.A.1.1.22Hexose:H+ symporter, Ght6 (Fructose > Glucose)YeastGht6 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe
 
2.A.1.1.23Gluconate:H+ symporter, Ght3YeastGht3 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe
 
2.A.1.1.24Hexose (Glucose and Fructose) transporter, PfHT1ProtozoaPfHT1 of Plasmodium falciparum
 
2.A.1.1.25Myoinositol:H+ symporter, HMIT (also transport other inositols including scillo-, muco- and chiro-, but not allo-inositol)AnimalsHMIT of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.1.26Major myoinositol:H+ symporter, IolTBacteriaIolT (YdjK) of Bacillus subtilis
 
2.A.1.1.27Minor myoinositol:H+ symporter, IolFBacteriaIolF of Bacillus subtilis
 
2.A.1.1.28The erythrocyte/brain hexose facilitator,
Gtr1 or Glut1. Also transports dehydro-
ascorbate and water via distinct channels. (Receptor for human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) (Manel et al., 2003))
AnimalsGtr1 of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.1.29Glucosamine/glucose uniporter, Glut-2 (may also transport dehydroascorbate; Maulén et
al., 2003)
AnimalsGlut2 of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.1.30Low affinity, constitutive, glucose (hexose; xylose) uniporter, Hxt4 (LGT1) (also transports arsenic trioxide [As(OH)3] as do Hxtl, 3, 5, 7 and 9) (Liu et al., 2004)YeastHxt4 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.1.31High affinity, glucose-repressible, glucose (hexose) uniporter (Hxt6)YeastHxt6 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.1.32Glucose/fructose:H+ symporter, GlcP (Zhang et al., 1989)BacteriaGlcP of Synechocystis sp. (P15729)
 
2.A.1.1.33Fructose:H+ symporter of Kluyveromyces lactis, Frt1 (Diezemann and Boles, 2003)
 
2.A.1.2 The Drug:H+ Antiporter-1 (12 Spanner) (DHA1) Family
2.A.1.2.1Amiloride:H+ antiporterYeastCar1 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe
 
2.A.1.2.2Cycloheximide:H+ antiporterYeastCyhR of Candida maltosa
 
2.A.1.2.3Chloramphenicol:H+ antiporter; multidrug exporter; isopropyl β-thiogalactoside exporterBacteriaCmlA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
 
2.A.1.2.4Tetracycline:H+ antiporterBacteriaTetA of E. coli
 
2.A.1.2.5Multidrug (14- and 15-membered macrolides, lincosamides, streptogramins, tetracyclines, daunomycin, ethidium bromide, etc.):H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaLmrP of Lactococcus lactis
 
2.A.1.2.6(Benomyl, cycloheximide, methotrexate, fluconazole, etc.):H+ antiporterYeastCaMDR1 of Candida albicans
 
2.A.1.2.7(Bicyclomycin, sulfathiazole, tetracycline, fosfomycin, acriflavin, etc.):H+ antiporterGram-negative bacteriaBcr of E. coli
 
2.A.1.2.8(Spermidine; fluoroquinolones, acriflavin, chloramphenicol, ethidium bromide, etc.):H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaBlt of Bacillus subtilis
 
2.A.1.2.9(Hydrophobic uncoupler e.g., CCCP, benzalkonium, SDS):H+ antiporterGram-negative bacteriaEmrD of E. coli
 
2.A.1.2.10Quinolone (and other drug):H+ antiporterBacteriaNorA of Staphylococcus aureus
 
2.A.1.2.11Monoamine transporter; drug (doxorubicin, ethidium bromide-6-G):H+ antiporterAnimalsVMAT1 of Rattus norvegicus
 
2.A.1.2.12Chromaffin granule monoamine (and drug) transporter, VAT1AnimalsVAT1 of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.2.13Acetylcholine:H+ antiporterAnimalsUnc17 of Caenorhabditis elegans
 
2.A.1.2.14Putative arabinose efflux porterBacteriaAraJ of E. coli
 
2.A.1.2.15Arabinose (and isopropyl β-D-thio-
galactopyranoside):H+ antiporter, YdeA
BacteriaYdeA of E. coli
 
2.A.1.2.16Polyamines (spermine, spermidine, putrescene); paraquat; methylgloxal bis(guanylhydrazone):H+ antiporter (in the plasma membrane)YeastTPO1 (YLL028w) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.2.17Fluconazole:H+ antiporterYeastFlr1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.2.18Lactose and melibiose (>>IPTG) efflux pump, SotBBacteriaSotB of Erwinia chrysanthemi
 
2.A.1.2.19The multidrug (chloramphenicol, tetra-
cycline, norfloxacin, doxorubicin, trimethoprim, acriflavin, ethidium bromide, tetraphenylphosphonium, TPP, benzalkonium, ciprofloxacin, thiamphenicol, IPTG) resistance exporter, MdfA (catalyzes both electrogenic and electroneutral transport) (Adler and Bibi, 2004)
BacteriaMdfA of E. coli
 
2.A.1.2.20The fosfomycin resistance protein, YceEBacteriaYceE of E. coli
 
2.A.1.2.21The norfloxacin/enoxacin resistance protein, YceLBacteriaYceL of E. coli
 
2.A.1.2.22The chloramphenicol resistance protein,
YidY
BacteriaYidY of E. coli
 
2.A.1.2.23The fructose-specific facilitator (uniporter), Ffz1 (Pina et al., 2004)YeastFfz1 of Zygosaccharomyces bailii (CAD56485)
 
2.A.1.2.24The probable purine efflux pump, PbuE (Nygaard and Saxild, 2005)BacteriaPbuE (YdhL) of Bacillus subtilis (CAB12399)
 
2.A.1.3 The Drug:H+ Antiporter-1 (14 Spanner) (DHA2) Family
2.A.1.3.1(Aminotriazole, 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide, etc.):H+ antiporterYeastAtr1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.3.2(CCCP, nalidixic acid, rhodamine 6G, methylviologen, deoxycholate, SDS, organomercurials, etc.):H+ antiporterGram-negative bacteriaEmrB of E. coli
 
2.A.1.3.3(Acriflavin, ethidium bromide, fluoroquinolones, etc.):H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaLfrA of Mycobacterium smegmatis
 
2.A.1.3.4(Mono- and divalent organocation):H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaQacA of Staphylococcus aureus
 
2.A.1.3.5(Pristinamycin I and II, rifamycin, etc.):H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaPtr of Streptomyces pristinaespiralis
 
2.A.1.3.6Me2+·tetracycline:2H+ or 2K+ antiporter
(the optimal Me2+ = Co2+) (Also transports Na+ or K+out in exchange for 2H+.)
BacteriaTetK of Staphylococcus aureus
 
2.A.1.3.7Actinorhodin:H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaActVa of Streptomyces coelicolor
 
2.A.1.3.8Cephamycin:H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaCmcT of Nocardia lactamdurans
 
2.A.1.3.9Lincomycin:H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaLmrA of Streptomyces lincolnensis
 
2.A.1.3.10Methylenomycin:H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaMmrB of Bacillus subtilis
 
2.A.1.3.11Puromycin:H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaPur8 of Streptomyces lipmanii
 
2.A.1.3.12Tetracenomycin:H+ antiporterGram-positive bacteriaTcmA of Streptomyces glaucescens
 
2.A.1.3.13Unconjugated bile acid uptake transporterBacteriaBaiG of Eubacterium sp. strain VPI 12708
 
2.A.1.3.14Methylviologen (paraquat):H+ antiporter
(also exports ethidium bromide, acriflavin, malachite green, pyonine B and benzyl viologen)
BacteriaSmvA of Salmonella typhimurium
 
2.A.1.3.15Rifamycin:H+ antiporterBacteriaRifP of Amycolatopsis mediterranei
 
2.A.1.3.16The Me2+·tetracycline:2H+ antiporter
(Me2+ = Co2+, Mg2+, Mn2+)(also probably
a Na+ or K+:2H+ antiporter)
BacteriaTetA(L) of Bacillus subtilis
 
2.A.1.3.17The trimethoprim-sensitivity protein, YebQ (increases sensitivity to trimethoprim)BacteriaYebQ of E. coli
 
2.A.1.3.18Efflux pump for plant-bacterial signaling molecules, phytoalexins, flavenoids and salicylate as well as drugs, RmrBBacteriaRmrB of Rhizobium etli
 
2.A.1.3.19Paraquot efflux pump, PqrB (Cho et al., 2003)BacteriaPqrB of Streptomyces coelicolor (AAG45950)
 
2.A.1.3.20Long chain fatty acid efflux pump, FarB (Lee et al., 2003)BacteriaFarB of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (AAD54074)
 
2.A.1.4 The Organophosphate:Pi Antiporter (OPA) Family
2.A.1.4.1Sugar-P:Pi antiporter (transports many sugar-phosphates - both 1- and 6-P esters)BacteriaUhpT of E. coli
 
2.A.1.4.2P-glycerate:Pi antiporterBacteriaPgtP of Salmonella typhimurium
 
2.A.1.4.3Glycerol-P:Pi antiporterBacteriaGlpT of E. coli
 
2.A.1.4.4Hexose-P:Pi antiporter regulatory protein; senses external glucose-6-P and transports it with high affinity and low efficiencyBacteriaUhpC of E. coli
 
2.A.1.4.5Microsomal glucose-6-P transporter (glycogen storage disease (GSD1b); Gierke's disease protein)AnimalsGSD1b of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.4.6Glucose-6-P:Pi antiporter, Hpt (may also transport other organophosphates including C3 organophosphates).BacteriaHpt of Chlamydia pneumoniae (spQ9Z7N9 & gi9979188) & pirA72050
 
2.A.1.5 The Oligosaccharide:H+ Symporter (OHS) Family
2.A.1.5.1Lactose:H+ symporter, LacYBacteriaLacY of E. coli
 
2.A.1.5.2Raffinose:H+ symporter, RafBBacteriaRafB of E. coli
 
2.A.1.5.3Sucrose:H+ symporter, CscBBacteriaCscB of E. coli
 
2.A.1.5.4Melibiose:H+ symporter, MelY (Shinnick et al., 2003)BacteriaMelY of Enterobacter cloacae
 
2.A.1.6 The Metabolite:H+ Symporter (MHS) Family
2.A.1.6.1Citrate:H+ symporterBacteriaCit of E. coli
 
2.A.1.6.2α-Ketoglutarate:H+ symporterBacteriaKgtP of E. coli
 
2.A.1.6.3Dicarboxylate:H+ symporterBacteriaPcaT of Pseudomonas putida
 
2.A.1.6.4(Poline/glycine-betaine):(H+/Na+) symporter (also transports taurine, ectoine, pipecolate, proline-betaine, N,N-dimethylglycine, carnitine, and 1-carboxymethyl-pyridinium) (subject to osmotic activation)BacteriaProP of E. coli
 
2.A.1.6.54-Methyl-o-phthalate:H+ symporterBacteriaMopB of Burkholderia cepacia
 
2.A.1.6.6Shikimate:H+ symporterBacteriaShiA of E. coli
 
2.A.1.7 The Fucose: H+ Symporter (FHS) Family
2.A.1.7.1L-Fucose:H+ symporterBacteriaFucP of E. coli
 
2.A.1.7.2Glucose/galactose porterBacteriaGgp of Brucella abortus
 
2.A.1.7.3Glucose/mannose:H+ symporter (Paulsen et
al., 1998)
BacteriaGlcP of Bacillus subtilis
 
2.A.1.7.4Rat kidney Na+-dependent glucose (methyl α-glucoside) transporter, NaGLT1 (glucose:Na+:Na+=1:1) (Horiba et al., 2003)AnimalsNaGLT1 of Rattus norvegicus (BAC57446)
 
2.A.1.7.52-Deoxy-D-ribose porter, DeoP (Christensen et al., 2003)BacteriaDeoP of Salmonella typhimurium LT-2 (gi 16767076)
 
2.A.1.8 The Nitrate/Nitrite Porter (NNP) family
2.A.1.8.1Nitrate/H+ symporter (K1)
Nitrate/nitrite antiporter (K2)
BacteriaNarK (NarK1-K2) of E. coli
 
2.A.1.8.2Nitrate uptake porterBacteriaNasA of Bacillus subtilis
 
2.A.1.8.3Nitrate/nitrite uptake porterBacteriaNrtP of Synechococcus PCC7002
 
2.A.1.8.4Nitrate transporterDiatomsNitrate porter of Cylindrothelca fusiformis
 
2.A.1.8.5Nitrate transporterFungiCrnA of Emericella nidulans
 
2.A.1.8.6Nitrate transporterAlgaeNitrate porter of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
 
2.A.1.8.7Nitrate/nitrite high affinity, two component uptake transporter Nrt23/Nar2AlgaeNrt23/Nar2 of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Nrt23; Nar2 (Cre)
 
2.A.1.8.8NO2- extrusion, NO3-/NO2- exchange permease, NarK1BacteriaNarK1 of Thermus thermophilus HB8
 
2.A.1.8.9NO2- extrusion, NO3-/NO2- exchange permease, NarK2BacteriaNarK2 of Thermus thermophilus HB8
 
2.A.1.8.10NO3-/NO2- transporter (preferential NO2- exporter) (NO3-/NO2- antiporter ?)BacteriaNarU of E. coli
 
2.A.1.8.11The 24 TMS, 2 domain, NarK1-NarK2 porter (NarK1 = a NO3-/H+ symporter; NarK2 = a NO3-/NO2- antiporter)BacteriaNarK of Paracoccus pantotrophus
 
2.A.1.9 The Phosphate: H+ Symporter (PHS) Family
2.A.1.9.1High affinity Pi uptake porter (also functions in Mn2+ homeostasis); may transport a phosphate · Mn complex (Jensen et al., 2003)YeastPh84 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.9.2Pi uptake porterFungiPho-5 of Neurospora crassa
 
2.A.1.9.3Pi uptake porterPlantsPT1 of Solanum tuberosum
 
2.A.1.10 The Nucleoside: H+ Symporter (NHS) Family
2.A.1.10.1Nucleoside porter (Guanosine, inosine, cytidine and thymidine but not uridine, adenosine and xanthosine are transported.)BacteriaNupG of E. coli
 
2.A.1.10.2Xanthosine porter (Xanthosine, inosine, adenosine, cytidine and thymidine but not guanosine and uridine are transported.)BacteriaXapB of E. coli
 
2.A.1.11 The Oxalate:Formate Antiporter (OFA) Family
2.A.1.11.1The oxalate:formate antiporterBacteriaOxlT of Oxalobacter formigenes
 
2.A.1.12 The Sialate:H+ Symporter (SHS) Family
2.A.1.12.1The sialic acid porterBacteriaNanT of E. coli
 
2.A.1.12.2The lactate/pyruvate:H+ symporterYeastJen1 (YKL217w) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.13 The Monocarboxylate Porter (MCP) Family
2.A.1.13.1The proton-linked monocarboxylate (lactate, pyruvate, mevalonate, branched chain oxo acids, β-hydroxybutyrate, butyrate, acetoacetate and acetate) uptake/efflux porterAnimals, yeast, fungi, protozoaMct-1 of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.13.2The low affinity aromatic amino acid (Tyr,
Trp, Phe) transporter, TAT1 (also transports N-methyl amino acids)
AnimalsTat1 of Rattus norvegicus
 
2.A.1.13.3The thyroid hormone transporter, MCT8 (transports L- and D-isomers of thyroxine (T4), 3,3',5-triiodothyronine (T3), 3,3'5'-triiodothyronine (rT3) and 3,3'-diiodothyronine [Km values = 2-5 μM; Leu, Phe, Trp and Tyr were not transported]) (Friesema et al., 2003)AnimalsMCT8 of Mus musculus (O70324)
 
2.A.1.14 The Anion:Cation Symporter (ACS) Family
2.A.1.14.1Glucarate porterBacteriaGudT of Bacillus subtilis
 
2.A.1.14.2Hexuronate (glucuronate; galacturonate)
porter
BacteriaExuT of E. coli
 
2.A.1.14.3Putative tartrate porterBacteriaTtuB of Agrobacterium vitis
 
2.A.1.14.4Allantoate porterYeastDal5 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.14.5Phthalate porterBacteriaPht1 of Pseudomonas putida
 
2.A.1.14.6Na:Pi symporterAnimalsNpt1 of Mus musculus
 
2.A.1.14.7Galactonate transporterBacteriaDgoT (YidT) of E. coli
 
2.A.1.14.8Phthalate porterBacteriaOphD of Burkholderia cepacia
 
2.A.1.14.9Putative p-hydroxyphenylacetate porterBacteriaHpaX of Salmonella dublin
 
2.A.1.14.10Lysosomal sialate transporter (sialate storage disease protein)AnimalsSialin of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.14.11Plasma membrane, high affinity nicotinate permease, Tna1YeastTna1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.14.12Plasma membrane, high affinity biotin:H+ symporter, Vht1YeastVht1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.14.13Broad specificity brain synaptic vesicle anion:Na+ symporter (transports glutamate, phosphate, chloride, etc.)(BNPI, EAT-4, VGLUT1)AnimalsBNPI of Rattus norvegicus
 
2.A.1.14.14Probable D-galactarate:H+ symporter, YhaUBacteriaYhaU of E. coli
 
2.A.1.14.15Apical membrane renal proximal tubule. Voltage-driven but Na+-independent organic anion transporter, OATv1 (transports p-aminohippurate; probably transports organic anions but not cations and not inorganic phosphate. It may catalyze excretion of various drugs, xenobiotics, and their metabolites) (Jutabha et al., 2003)AnimalsOATv1 of Sus scrofa (BAC76761)
 
2.A.1.15 The Aromatic Acid:H+ Symporter (AAHS) Family
2.A.1.15.14-Hydroxybenzoate/protocatachuate porterBacteriaPcaK of Pseudomonas putida
 
2.A.1.15.23-Hydroxyphenyl propionate porterBacteriaMhpT of E. coli
 
2.A.1.15.32,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetate porterBacteriaTfdK of Ralstonia eutropha
 
2.A.1.15.4cis,cis-muconate porter, MucKBacteriaMucK of Acinetobacter sp. ADP1
 
2.A.1.15.5Benzoate porter, BenKBacteriaBenK of Acinetobacter sp. ADPP1
 
2.A.1.15.6Putative vanillate porterBacteriaVanK of Acinetobacter sp. ADP1
 
2.A.1.16 The Siderophore-Iron Transporter (SIT) Family
2.A.1.16.1Siderophore-iron (ferrioxamine):H+ sym-
porter, Sit1 (Arn3) (in vesicles)
YeastSit1 (YEL065w) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.16.2The ferric enterobactin:H+ symporter, Enb1YeastEnb1 (YOL158c) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.16.3The ferric triacetylfusarinine C:H+ symporter, Taf1YeastTaf1 (YHL047c) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.16.4The ferrichrome:H+ symporter, Arn1p (Moore et al., 2003)YeastArn1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NP_011823)
 
2.A.1.17 The Cyanate Porter (CP) Family
2.A.1.17.1Cyanate transport systemBacteriaCynX of E. coli
 
2.A.1.18 The Polyol Porter (PP) Family
2.A.1.18.1D-Arabinitol:H+ symporterBacteriaDalT of Klebsiella pneumoniae
 
2.A.1.18.2Ribitol:H+ symporterBacteriaRbtT of Klebsiella pneumoniae
 
2.A.1.19 The Organic Cation Transporter (OCT) Family
2.A.1.19.1The basolateral multivalent, potential-
sensitive, organic cation (tetramethyl-
ammonium; N'-methylnicotinamide; cationic drugs, xenobiotics, vitamins, neuro-
transmitters, etc.) transporter (uni-
porter)-1, Oct1
AnimalsOct1 of Rattus norvegicus
 
2.A.1.19.2The polyspecific organic cation (tetraethyl ammonium, guanidinium):putative H+ antiporter, OctN1AnimalsOctN1 of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.19.3The polyspecific organic cation (L- and D-carnitine, acetyl carnitine, γ-butyro-
betaine, glycinebetaine, β-lactam anti-
biotics with a quaternary nitrogen such as cephaloridine, and others):Na+ symporter, OctN2 (may also function as a uniporter for some organic cations)
AnimalsOctN2 of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.19.4The polyspecific organic anion, cation and neutral molecule transporter, Oat1 (Slc22a6) (transports neutral compounds such as cardiac glycosides [i.e., ouabain] and steroids [i.e., aldosterone; cortisol; dexamethasone]; cationic compounds such as N-propylajmalinium, and anionic compounds such as p-aminohippurate, dicarboxylates, cyclic nucleotides, prostaglandins, urate, β-lactam antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, diuretics, bile salts and steroid conjugates [i.e., estrone-3-sulfate and estradiol-17-
glucuronide]) transporter (H+ symporter or uniporter) Probably catalyzes organic anion (uptake):dicarboxylate (efflux) antiport in the basolateral membrane of kidney proximal tubules) (Eraly et al., 2003a,b)
AnimalsOat1 of Rattus norvegicus
 
2.A.1.19.5The putative apical polyspecific organic
cation transporter (cation:H+ or cation:cation antiporter), Oct2 (substrates include monoamine neurotransmitters such as dopamine, noradrenaline, adrenaline and 5-hydroxytryptamine)
AnimalsOct2 of Sus scrofa
 
2.A.1.19.6The polyspecific potential-sensitive organic cation uptake transporter, Oct3 (transport substrates include the neurotoxin 1-methyl-
4-phenylpyridinium and monoamine neuro-
transmitters such as dopamine)
AnimalsOct3 of Rattus norvegicus
 
2.A.1.19.7The polyspecific organic anion (and cation) (anions: p-aminohippurate, ochratoxin A, estrone sulfate, anionic drugs, anionic neurotransmitter metabolites; cation: cimetidine) transporter, Oat3 (slc22a8) (catalyzes organic anion (uptake):dicar-
boxylate (efflux) in the basolateral membrane of the renal proximal tubule) (Eraly et al., 2003a,b)
AnimalsOat3 of Rattus norvegicus
 
2.A.1.19.8The mouse organic cation transporter, mBOCT (transports various cations and anions including cyclic GMP) AnimalsmBOCT of Mus musculus
 
2.A.1.19.9The osteosclerosis protein, Roct (organic anion transporter 3, Oat3) (Slc22a8) (catalyzes organic anion (uptake):di-
carboxylate (efflux) in the basolateral membrane of the renal proximal tubule) (Eraly et al., 2003a,b)
AnimalsRoct (Oat3) of Mus musculus
 
2.A.1.19.10The apical proximal tubular kidney/placenta organic anion transporter 4, Oat4 (Slc22a11) (transports estrone sulfate (Km = 1 µM), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (Km = 60
µM), many anionic drugs, diuretics, bile salts, and ochratoxin A) (catalyzes Na+-independent efflux).
AnimalsOat4 of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.19.11The apical proximal tubular renal urate:anion exchanger, URAT1 (Slc22a12) (catalyzes Na+-independent anion efflux (secretion)) (Eraly et al., 2003a,b)AnimalsURAT1 of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.20 The Sugar Efflux Transporter (SET) Family
2.A.1.20.1Efflux system for lactose, glucose, aromatic glucosides and galactosides, cellobiose, maltose, α-methylglucoside, and isopropyl β-thiogalactosides (IPTG); amino-
glycosides, streptomycin and kanamycin, weakly expelled
BacteriaSetA (YabM) of E. coli
 
2.A.1.20.2Efflux system for lactose and glucose, but not IPTG or galactose BacteriaSetB (YeiO) of E. coli
 
2.A.1.20.3Putative efflux system for unknown substrates (none of those exported by SetA and SetB are exported by SetC) BacteriaSetC (YicK) of E. coli
 
2.A.1.20.4Efflux system for arabinose and IPTG (>>lactose), SotA BacteriaSotA of Erwinia chrysanthemi
 
2.A.1.21 The Drug:H+ Antiporter-3 (12 Spanner) (DHA3) Family
2.A.1.21.1The macrolide (erythromycin; oleando-
mycin; azithromycin) efflux, MefA
BacteriaMefA of Streptococcus pyogenes
 
2.A.1.21.2The multidrug (erythromycin, tetracycline, puromycin, bleomycin) resistance protein,
Cmr
BacteriaCmr of Corynebacterium glutamicum
 
2.A.1.21.3The tetracycline resistance determinant, TetV BacteriaTetV of Mycobacterium smegmatis
 
2.A.1.21.4Multidrug resistance efflux pump, Tap BacteriaTap of Mycobacterium fortuitum
 
2.A.1.22 The Vesicular Neurotransmitter Transporter (VNT) Family (Related to the SP Family (TC #2.1.1))
2.A.1.22.1Synaptic vesicle neurotransmitter (e.g., dopamine) transporter AnimalsSV2 of Rattus norvegicus
 
2.A.1.23 The Conjugated Bile Salt Transporter (BST) Family
2.A.1.23.1Conjugated bile salt:H+ symporter, CbsT1 BacteriaCbsT1 of Lactobacillus johnsonii 100-100
 
2.A.1.23.2Taurocholate:cholate antiporter, CbsT2BacteriaCbsT2 of Lactobacillus johnsonii 100-100 (AAC34380)
 
2.A.1.24 The Unknown Major Facilitator-1 (UMF1) Family
2.A.1.24.158.8 KDa protein, YCL038c YeastYCL038c of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 
2.A.1.25 The Peptide-Acetyl-Coenzyme A Transporter (PAT) Family
2.A.1.25.1(Putative) Acetyl-CoA:CoA antiporter AnimalsAcetyl CoA transporter of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.25.2Cell wall degradation product (peptides and glycopeptides including N-acetylglucos-
aminyl β-1,4-anhydro-N-acetyl-muramyl-
tripeptide) as well as penicillin derivative uptake porter, AmpG
BacteriaAmpG of E. coli
 
2.A.1.26 The Unknown Major Facilitator-2 (UMF2) Family
2.A.1.26.141.4 KDa Protein, YcaD BacteriaYcaD of E. coli
 
2.A.1.27 The Phenyl Propionate Permease (PPP) Family
2.A.1.27.1The phenylpropionate porter, HcaT BacteriaHcaT (YfhS) of E. coli
 
2.A.1.28 The Feline Leukemia Virus Subgroup C Receptor (FLVCR) Family
2.A.1.28.1Cell surface receptor (c-receptor) for anemia-inducing feline leukemia virus
subgroup C
AnimalsC-receptor of Homo sapiens
 
2.A.1.29 The Unknown Major Facilitator-4 (UMF4) Family
2.A.1.29.1Archaeal open reading frame ArchaeaOrf of Archaeoglobus fulgidus
 
2.A.1.29.2Archaeal open reading frame ArchaeaOrf of Aeropyrum pernix
 
2.A.1.30 The Putative Abietane Diterpenoid Transporter (ADT) Family
2.A.1.30.1Putative abietane uptake permease (in gene cluster for degradation of abietane diterpenoids), DitE BacteriaDitE of Pseudomonas abietaniphila BKME-9
 
2.A.1.31 The Nickel Resistance (Nre) Family
2.A.1.31.1The Ni2+ efflux pump, NreB (Ni2+ inductible) BacteriaNreB of Achromobacter xylosoxidans plasmid pTOM
 
2.A.1.31.2The Ni2+ resistance protein, NrsD BacteriaNrsD of Synechocystis PCC6803
 
2.A.1.32 The Putative Aromatic Compound/Drug Exporter (ACDE) Family
2.A.1.32.1Putative aromatic compound/drug exporter BacilliYitG of Bacillus subtilis
 
2.A.1.33 The Putative YqgE Transporter (YqgE) Family
2.A.1.33.1MFS homologue, YqgE Bacteria; ArchaeaYqgE of Bacillus subtilis
 
2.A.1.35 The Fosmidomycin Resistance (Fsr) Family
2.A.1.35.1The fosmidomycin resistance (Fsr) protein (confers fosmidomycin, trimethoprim and carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) resistance)BacteriaFsr of E. coli
 
2.A.1.35.2The cationic microbial peptide resistance (RosA) proteinBacteriaRosA of Yersinia enterocolitica
 
2.A.1.36 The Acriflavin-sensitivity (YnfM) Family
2.A.1.36.1The acriflavin-sensitivity protein, YnfM (increases sensitivity to acriflavin specifically)BacteriaYnfM of E. coli
 
2.A.1.37 The Putative Short Chain Fatty Acid Porter (AtoE) Family
2.A.1.37.1The putative short chain fatty acid uptake transporter (closest to family 2.A.1.3)Bacteria and archaeaAtoE (YegB) of E. coli
 
2.A.1.38 The Enterobactin (Siderophore) Exporter (EntS) Family
2.A.1.38.1The enterobactin (siderophore) exporter, EntSBacteriaEntS (YbdA) of E. coli
 
2.A.1.39 The Vibrioferrin (Siderophore) Exporter (PrsC) Family
2.A.1.39.1The vibrioferrin (siderophore) exporter, PrsC (Tanabe et al., 2003)BacteriaPrsC of Vibrio parahaemolyticus (BAC16546)
 
2.A.1.40 The Purine Transporter, AzgA (AzgA) Family
2.A.1.40.1The purine (hypoxanthine/adenine/guanine) transporter, AzgA (Cecchetto et al., 2004)FungiAzgA of Aspergillus (Emericella) nidulans (CAE00849)
 
2.A.1.41 The Putative Bacteriochlorophyll Delivery (BCD) Family
2.A.1.41.1Putative pigment transporter (Young and Beatty, 1998)Photosynthetic bacteriaLhaA of Rhodobacter capsulatus
 
2.A.1.41.2Putative pigment transporter (Young and Beatty, 1998)Photosynthetic bacteriaPucC of Rhodobacter capsulatus
 
2.A.1.41.3Putative bacteriochlorophyll synthasePhotosynthetic bacteriaBch2 of Rhodobacter capsulatus
 
2.A.1.42 The Lysophospholipid Transporter (LplT) Family
2.A.1.42.1The lysophospholipid transporter, LplT (Harvat et al., 2005)BacteriaLplT of E. coli (NP_417312)
 
2.A.1.42.2The putative lysophospholipid transporter-2-acyl glycerophosphoethanolamine acyl transferase/acyl ACP synthetase (LplT-Pls-ACS) fusion protein.BacteriaThe fused LplT-Pls-ACS of Bradyrhizobium japonicum (BAC47589)
 
2.A.1.43 The Putative Magnetosome Permease (PMP) Family
2.A.1.43.1The putative magnetosomal permease, MamH (Schubbe et al., 2003)BacteriaMamH of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense (CAE12030)
 
2.A.1.43.2The putative magnetosome (Fe?) permease fused to a C-terminal YedZ-like domain (T. von Rozycki and M.H. Saier, Jr., unpublished results)BacteriaPMP of Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum (gi_23014927)
 
2.A.1.44 The L-Amino Acid Transporter-3 (LAT3) Family
2.A.1.44.1The L-amino acid transporter-3, LAT3 (transports neutral amino acids such as L-leucine, L-isoleucine, L-valine, and L-phenylalanine by a Na+-independent, electroneutral, facilitated diffusion process; also transports amino acid alcohols) (Prostate cancer up-regulated gene product)AnimalsLAT3 (POV1) of Homo sapiens (BAD00152)
 
2.A.1.45 The 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (PHL) Exporter (PHL-E) Family
2.A.1.45.1The 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol resistance/general stress porter, PhlE (Abbas et al., 2004)BacteriaPhlE of Pseudomonas fluorescens (CAD65845)
 
2.A.1.46 The Unknown Major Facilitator-5 (UMF5) Family
2.A.1.46.1Probable transporterBacteriaProbable transporter of Bordetella pertussis (NP_878946)
 
2.A.1.46.2Putative transporterBacteriaPutative transporter of Tropheryma whipplei (AAO44294)
 
2.A.1.47 The Unknown Major Facilitator-6 (UMF6) Family
2.A.1.47.1Putative transporterBacteriaPutative transporter of Lactobacillus plantarum (NP_784357)