D-xylose-proton symporter and similar transporters of the Major Facilitator Superfamily
This subfamily includes bacterial transporters such as D-xylose-proton symporter (XylE or XylT), arabinose-proton symporter (AraE), galactose-proton symporter (GalP), major myo-inositol transporter IolT, glucose transport protein, putative metabolite transport proteins YfiG, YncC, and YwtG, and similar proteins. The symporters XylE, AraE, and GalP facilitate the uptake of D-xylose, arabinose, and galactose, respectively, across the boundary membrane with the concomitant transport of protons into the cell. IolT is involved in polyol metabolism and myo-inositol degradation into acetyl-CoA. The XylE-like subfamily belongs to the Glucose transporter -like (GLUT-like) family 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.