Table 2.

Some transporters for PAEs and the structural analogues of PAEs

Aromatic Compound	Transporter (system)	Protein family	Strains	References
PAEs, PA	PatDABC	ABC	Rhodococcus jostii RHA1	Hara et al. 2010
PA	OphFGH	ABC	Burkholderia spp.	Chang et al. 2009
Benzoic acid, 4-HBA	HbaEFGHI	ABC	Rhodopseudomonas palustris	Giuliani et al. 2011
PA	OphD	MFS	Burkholderia cepacia ATCC 17616	Chang et al 1999
4-Methylphthalate, PA	MopB	MFS	Burkholderia cepacian Pc701	Saint et al 1996
TPA	MucK	MFS	Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1	Pardo et al. 2020
Ferulic acid, PCA	VanK	MFS	P. putida KT2440	D’Arrigo et al. 1999
Vanillic acid, PCA	VanK	MFS	P. putida KT2440 Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1	D’Argenio et al. 1999; Wada et al. 2021

PAEs, phthalate esters; PA, phthalic acid; 4-HBA, 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate; TPA, triphenylamine; PCA, protocatechuic acid