Major facilitator superfamily

Major Facilitator Superfamily
Crystal Structure of Lactose Permease LacY.
Identifiers
SymbolMFS
Pfam clanCL0015
ECOD5050.1.1
TCDB2.A.1
OPM superfamily15
CDDcd06174

The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is a superfamily of membrane transport proteins that facilitate movement of small solutes across cell membranes in response to chemiosmotic gradients.[1][2]

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