2-nitroimidazole and cyanate transporters and similar proteins of the Major Facilitator Superfamily of transporters
This family is composed of Escherichia coli 2-nitroimidazole transporter (NIMT) and cyanate transport protein CynX, and similar proteins. NIMT, also called YeaN, confers resistance to 2-nitroimidazole, the antibacterial and antifungal antibiotic, by mediating the active efflux of this compound. CynX is part of an active transport system that transports exogenous cyanate into E. coli cells. The NIMT/CynX-like family belongs to the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) of membrane transport proteins, which 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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