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Table 2 Predicted topologies for members of the 34 families of uptake porters in the ABC superfamily (TC# 3.A.1) 1

From: Evolutionary relationships of ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) uptake porters

 

Family name

No. of membrane proteins in TCDB

No. of membrane proteins/system

Average predicted #TMSs

No. of predicted TMSs for family members. The “*” indicates the most abundant topological type

Predicted number of TMS (# of such proteins is shown in parentheses)

1

The Carbohydrate Uptake Transporter-1 (CUT1) Family

35

2

6.6 ± 1.1

6*,7, 8

6 (16), 7 (8), 8 (10)

2

The Carbohydrate Uptake Transporter-2 (CUT2) Family

17

1 or 2

9.4 ± 1.1

7, 8, 9, 10*, 12

7 (1), 8 (2), 9 (5), 10 (8), 12 (1)

3

The Polar Amino Acid Uptake Transporter (PAAT) Family

21

2 or 1

5.9 ± 1.8

5*, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11

5 (15), 6 (2), 9 (1), 10 (1), 11 (1)

4

The Hydrophobic Amino Acid Uptake Transporter (HAAT) Family

6

2

9.8 ± 0.7

9, 10*, 11

9 (2), 10 (3), 11 (1)

5

The Peptide/Opine/Nickel Uptake Transporter (PepT) Family

27

2

6.2 ± 1.2

5, 6*, 7, 8

6 (19), 7 (3), 8 (2)

6

The Sulfate/Tungstate Uptake Transporter (SulT) Family

7

1 or 2

5.7 ± 0.5

5, 6*

5 (2), 6 (5)

7

The Phosphate Uptake Transporter (PhoT) Family

2

2

6.5 ± 0.5

6*, 7

6 (1), 7 (1)

8

The Molybdate Uptake Transporter (MolT) Family

2

1

5.0 ± 0

5

5 (2)

9

The Phosphonate Uptake Transporter (PhnT) Family

2

1

9.0 ± 3.0

6*, 12*

6 (1), 12 (1)

10

The Ferric Iron Uptake Transporter (FeT) Family

4

1

11.8 ± 0.4

12

11 (1), 12 (3)

11

The Polyamine/Opine/Phosphonate Uptake Transporter (POPT) Family

6

2

6.0 ± 0

6

6 (6)

12

The Quaternary Amine Uptake Transporter (QAT) Family

13

1 or 2

6.4 ± 1.3

5*, 6, 7, 8, 9

5 (4), 6 (4), 7 (2), 8 (2), 9 (1)

13

The Vitamin B12 Uptake Transporter (B12T) Family

1

1

9.0 ± 0

9*

9 (1)

14

The Iron Chelate Uptake Transporter (FeCT) Family

27

2 or 1

9.6 ± 3.9

7, 8, 9*, 10, 11, 20

7 (3), 8 (1), 9 (10), 10 (4), 11 (1), 20 (2)

15

The Manganese/Zinc/Iron Chelate Uptake Transporter (MZT) Family

11

1 or 2

8.0 ± 0.9

7, 8*, 9

7 (4), 8 (3), 9 (4)

16

The Nitrate/Nitrite/Cyanate Uptake Transporter (NitT) Family

3

1

6.0 ± 0

6

6 (3)

17

The Taurine Uptake Transporter (TauT) Family

6

1

6.0 ± 0

6

6 (6)

18

The Cobalt Uptake Transporter (CoT) Family

1

2 (ECF)

6.0 ± 0

5*, 6*

6 (1)

19

The Thiamin Uptake Transporter (ThiT) Family

2

1

12.0 ± 0

12*

12 (2)

20

The Brachyspira Iron Transporter (BIT) Family

1

2

7.0 ± 0

6, 7

7 (1)

21 (ABC1)

The Siderophore-Fe3+ Uptake Transporter (SIUT) Family

2

2 (ECF)

6.5 ± 0.5

6, 7

6 (1), 7 (1)

22

The Nickel Uptake Transporter (NiT) Family

1

2 (ECF)

5.0 ± 0

5

5 (1)

23

The Nickel/Cobalt Uptake Transporter (NiCoT) Family

2

2 (ECF)

1.5 ± 0.5

5, 6*, 7

6 (1), 7 (1)

24

The Methionine Uptake Transporter (MUT) Family

4

1

5.0 ± 0

5

5 (4)

25

The Biotin Uptake Transporter (BioMNY) Family

1

2 (ECF)

5.0 ± 0

5*

5 (1)

26

The Putative Thiamine Uptake Transporter (ThiW) Family

7

2 (ECF)

5.6 ± 0.7

5

5 (4), 6 (2), 7 (1),

27

The γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) Family

5

1

5.4 ± 0.5

5*, 6

5 (3), 6 (2)

28

The Queusine (Quesusine) Family

2

2 (ECF)

5.5 ± 0.5

5, 6

5 (1), 6 (1)

29

The Methionine precursor (Met-P) Family

2

2 (ECF)

5.5 ± 0.5

5, 6

5 (1), 6 (1)

30

The Thiamin precursor (Thi-P) Family

2

2 (ECF)

6.0 ± 0

4, 6

6 (2)

31

The Unknown-ABC1 (U-ABC1) Family

2

2 (ECF)

6.0 ± 0

6

6 (2)

32

The Cobalamine Precursor (B12-P) Family

2

2 (ECF)

8.0 ± 0

6, 8

6 (1), 8 (1)

33

The Methylthioadenosine (MTA) Family

2

2

6.5 ± 0

6, 7

6 (1), 7 (1)

34

The Tryptophan (TrpXYZ) Family

1

1

8.0 ± 0

8

8 (1)

35

The Cobalamin precursor/Cobalt (CPC) Family

2

2

5.7 ± 1

6

4 (2) 6 (2) 7 (2)

  1. 1 Most uptake porters are of the ABC2 type. However, TC# 3.A.1.21 porters belong to the ABC1 type. Blasting family 21 porters yielded ABC1 exporters in families TC# 3.A.1.101 to TC# 3.A.1.113 [9].
  2. Proteins were derived from TCDB.