Solute carrier family 22 member 7 (also called Organic anion transporter 2) of the Major Facilitator Superfamily of transporters
Solute carrier family 22 member 7 (SLC22A7), also called organic anion transporter 2 (OAT2) mediates sodium-independent transport of a variety of organic anions including prostaglandin E2, prostaglandin F2, tetracycline, bumetanide, estrone sulfate, glutarate, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, allopurinol, 5-fluorouracil, paclitaxel, L-ascorbic acid, salicylate, ethotrexate, and alpha-ketoglutarate. It also plays a role in renal uric acid uptake from blood as a first step of tubular secretion. OAT2 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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