Structural highlights
Function
SWEET_LEPBP The homodimer mediates transmembrane sugar transport down a concentration gradient. Transport is probably effected by rocking-type movements, where a cargo-binding cavity opens first on one and then on the other side of the membrane.[1]
References
- ↑ Xu Y, Tao Y, Cheung LS, Fan C, Chen LQ, Xu S, Perry K, Frommer WB, Feng L. Structures of bacterial homologues of SWEET transporters in two distinct conformations. Nature. 2014 Sep 3. doi: 10.1038/nature13670. PMID:25186729 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13670
