Seibutsu Butsuri
Online ISSN : 1347-4219
Print ISSN : 0582-4052
ISSN-L : 0582-4052
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Three-Dimensional Structure of MFS Transporter and Its Transport Mechanism
Teruhisa HIRAI
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2007 Volume 47 Issue 5 Pages 317-322

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Abstract
Major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is the largest family of secondary transporters. MFS includes uniporter, antiporter and symporter. The structure of oxalate transporter reported by electron crystallography showed a “closed” conformation and it revealed remarkably symmetric architecture with twelve helices surrounding a central cavity. Some of the structures reported by X-ray crystallography showed “open” conformation. Comparing these structures, a transport mechanism based on the simple domain movement has been proposed.
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