Major facilitator superfamily domain-containing protein 2B
Major facilitator superfamily domain-containing protein 2B (MFSD2B) is closely related to MFSD2A, and their conserved genomic structure suggests that they are derived from the duplication of an ancestral gene. Variations of chromosome 2 gene expressions among patients with lung cancer or non-cancer identified MFSD2B as a potential risk or protect factor in the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma. MFSD2B belongs to the Salmonella enterica Na+/melibiose symporter like (MelB-like) family of the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) of transporters. 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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