Solute carrier family 22 member 6 (also called Organic anion transporter 1) and similar transporters of the Major Facilitator Superfamily
This subfamily includes solute carrier family 22 member 6 (SLC22A6, also called organic anion transporter 1 or OAT1 or para-aminohippurate (PAH) transporter), SLC22A8 (or OAT3), and SLC22A20 (or OAT6). OAT1 and OAT3 are involved in the renal elimination of endogenous and exogenous organic anions (OAs). They function as OA exchangers, coupling the uptake of OAs against an electrochemical gradient with the efflux of intracellular dicarboxylates. SLC22A20 is an OA transporter that mediates the uptake of estrone sulfate. The OAT1-like subfamily belongs to the Solute carrier 22 (SLC22) family of organic cation/anion/zwitterion transporters 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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