Solute carrier family 22 member 16 (also called Carnitine transporter 2) of the Major Facilitator Superfamily of transporters
Solute carrier family 22 member 16 (SLC22A16) is also called carnitine transporter 2 (CT2), fly-like putative transporter 2 (FLIPT2), organic cation transporter OKB1, or organic cation/carnitine transporter 6 (OCT6). It is a partially sodium-ion dependent high affinity carnitine transporter. It also transports organic cations such as tetraethylammonium (TEA) and doxorubicin. It is one of several organic cation transporters (OCTs) that falls into the SLC22 (solute carrier 22) family. OCTs are broad-specificity transporters that play a critical role in the excretion and distribution of endogeneous organic cations and for the uptake, elimination and distribution of cationic drugs, toxins, and environmental waste products. SLC22A16 belongs to 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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