| Major Facilitator Superfamily | |
|---|---|
 Crystal Structure of Lactose Permease LacY. | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | MFS |
| Pfam clan | CL0015 |
| ECOD | 5050.1.1 |
| TCDB | 2.A.1 |
| OPM superfamily | 15 |
| CDD | cd06174 |
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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