AGCS family
Members of the Alanine or Glycine:Cation Symporter (AGCS) Family (TC# 2.A.25) transport alanine and/or glycine in symport with Na+ and or H+.
| Alanine/glycine:cation symporter (AGCS) family protein | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | A3P053 | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF01235 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR001463 | ||||||||
| PROSITE | PS00873 | ||||||||
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Structure and function
Known proteins in the AGCS family are between 445 and 550 amino acyl residues in length and possess 8 to 12 putative transmembrane α-helical spanners. Members may possess 11 transmembrane segments (TMSs), as seems to be true for DagA (TC# 2.A.25.1.1) and AgcS (TC# 2.A.25.1.3), although Acp (TC# 2.A.25.1.2) has only 8 TMSs, perhaps the result of truncation. As of early 2016, there does not appear to be any 3D crystal structure data available for these proteins. Members of the AGCS family have been found in bacteria and archaea, such as extremophile halotolerant cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica, and thermophilic bacteria, Bacillus PS3.[1][2] As of 2015, only three members of the family have been functionally characterized. These proteins show limited sequence similarity in the APC family (TC# 2.A.3).[3] As of early 2016, there do not appear to be any crystal structures available for members of the AGCS family.
Transport reaction
The generalized transport reaction catalyzed by the AGCS family is:[3]
alanine or glycine (out) + Na+ or H+ (out) → alanine or glycine (in) + Na+ or H+ (in).
Proteins in the AGCS family
There are currently 10 proteins belonging to the AGCS family. These proteins and their descriptions can be found in the Transporter Classification Database.
References
- Bualuang A, Kageyama H, Tanaka Y, Incharoensakdi A, Takabe T (2015). "Functional characterization of a member of alanine or glycine: cation symporter family in halotolerant cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica". Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 79 (2): 230–5. doi:10.1080/09168451.2014.968091. PMID 25421789. S2CID 205616830.
- Kanamori M, Kamata H, Yagisawa H, Hirata H (March 1999). "Overexpression of the alanine carrier protein gene from thermophilic bacterium PS3 in Escherichia coli". Journal of Biochemistry. 125 (3): 454–9. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022308. PMID 10050032.
- Saier MH. "2.A.25 The Alanine or Glycine:Cation Symporter (AGCS) Family". Transporter Classification Database. Saier Lab Bioinformatics Group / SDSC.
Further reading
- Rodionov DA, Hebbeln P, Eudes A, ter Beek J, Rodionova IA, Erkens GB, Slotboom DJ, Gelfand MS, Osterman AL, Hanson AD, Eitinger T (January 2009). "A novel class of modular transporters for vitamins in prokaryotes". Journal of Bacteriology. 191 (1): 42–51. doi:10.1128/JB.01208-08. PMC 2612444. PMID 18931129.
- Kamata H, Akiyama S, Morosawa H, Ohta T, Hamamoto T, Kambe T, Kagawa Y, Hirata H (October 1992). "Primary structure of the alanine carrier protein of thermophilic bacterium PS3". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (30): 21650–5. PMID 1400476.
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