Solute carrier 17 (SLC17) family of the Major Facilitator Superfamily of transporters
The Solute carrier 17 (SLC17) family is primarily involved in the transport of organic anions. There are nime human proteins belonging to this family including: the type I phosphate transporters (SLC17A1-4) that were initially identified as sodium-dependent inorganic phosphate (Pi) transporters but are now known to be involved in tha transport of organic anions; lysosomal acidic sugar transporter (SLC17A5 or sialin), vesicular glutamate transporters (VGluT1#3 or SLC17A7, SLC17A6, and SLC17A8, respectively), and a vesicular nucleotide transporter (VNUT or SLC17A9). SLC17A1 and SLC17A3 have roles in the transport of urate and para-aminohippurate, respectively. The SLC17 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