Structures and general transport mechanisms by the major facilitator superfamily (MFS)

D Drew, RA North, K Nagarathinam… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is the largest known superfamily of secondary active
transporters. MFS transporters are responsible for transporting a broad spectrum of …

Structure, assembly, and function of tripartite efflux and type 1 secretion systems in gram-negative bacteria

I Alav, J Kobylka, MS Kuth, KM Pos, M Picard… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Tripartite efflux pumps and the related type 1 secretion systems (T1SSs) in Gram-negative
organisms are diverse in function, energization, and structural organization. They form …

Organic cation transporters in health and disease

H Koepsell, LC Daws - Pharmacological reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The organic cation transporters (OCTs) OCT1, OCT2, OCT3, novel OCT (OCTN) 1, OCTN2,
multidrug and toxin exclusion (MATE) 1, and MATE kidney-specific 2 are polyspecific …

Mechanistic understanding of lanthipeptide biosynthetic enzymes

LM Repka, JR Chekan, SK Nair… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Lanthipeptides are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides
(RiPPs) that display a wide variety of biological activities, from antimicrobial to antiallodynic …

Role of bacterial efflux pumps in antibiotic resistance, virulence, and strategies to discover novel efflux pump inhibitors

A Gaurav, P Bakht, M Saini, S Pandey… - …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
The problem of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria has reached a crisis level.
The treatment options against infections caused by multiple drug-resistant bacteria are …

Understanding transport by the major facilitator superfamily (MFS): structures pave the way

EM Quistgaard, C Löw, F Guettou… - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
Members of the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) of transport proteins are essential for the
movement of a wide range of substrates across biomembranes. As this transport requires a …

Crystal structure of the human glucose transporter GLUT1

D Deng, C Xu, P Sun, J Wu, C Yan, M Hu, N Yan - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The glucose transporter GLUT1 catalyses facilitative diffusion of glucose into erythrocytes
and is responsible for glucose supply to the brain and other organs. Dysfunctional mutations …

Acinetobacter baumannii Efflux Pumps and Antibiotic Resistance

SN Abdi, R Ghotaslou, K Ganbarov… - Infection and drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen and gram-negative coccobacillus that is
responsible for opportunistic infections, pneumonia, and infections of the urinary tract …

Shared molecular mechanisms of membrane transporters

D Drew, O Boudker - Annual review of biochemistry, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The determination of the crystal structures of small-molecule transporters has shed light on
the conformational changes that take place during structural isomerization from outward-to …

Structural biology of the major facilitator superfamily transporters

N Yan - Annual review of biophysics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The ancient and ubiquitous major facilitator superfamily (MFS) represents the largest
secondary transporter family and plays a crucial role in a multitude of physiological …