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. 2009 Oct 6;231(1):1–10. doi: 10.1007/s00232-009-9200-6

Table 1.

Type assignment for all 50 families of ABC efflux systems identified and listed in TCDBa

TC number Family name Known substrate range ABC type
3.A.1.101 Capsular polysaccharide exporter (CPSE) CPS 2
3.A.1.102 Lipooligosaccharide exporter (LOSE) LOS 2
3.A.1.103 Lipopolysaccharide exporter (LPSE) LPS 2
3.A.1.104 Techoic acid exporter (TAE) TA 2
3.A.1.105 Drug exporter-1 (DrugE1) Drugs 2
3.A.1.106 Lipid exporter (LipidE) PL, LPS, lipid A, drugs, peptides 1
3.A.1.107 Putative heme exporter (HemeE) Heme, cytochrome c 2
3.A.1.108 ß-Glucan exporter (GlucanE) Polysaccharides 1
3.A.1.109 Protein-1 exporter (Prot1E) Proteins 1
3.A.1.110 Protein-2 exporter (Prot2E) Proteins 1
3.A.1.111 Peptide-1 exporter (Pep1E) Bacteriocin, peptides 1
3.A.1.112 Peptide-2 exporter (Pep2E) Other peptides 1
3.A.1.113 Peptide-3 exporter (Pep3E) Antibiotics, siderophores 1
3.A.1.114 Probable glycolipid exporter (DevE) Glycolipids 3
3.A.1.115 Na+ exporter (NatE) Sodium 2
3.A.1.116 Microcin B17 exporter (McbE) Bacteriocins, peptides 2
3.A.1.117 Drug exporter-2 (DrugE2) Drugs, lipids, dyes 1
3.A.1.118 Microcin J25 exporter (McjD) Peptides, antibiotics 1
3.A.1.119 Drug/siderophore exporter-3 (DrugE3) Drugs, siderophores 1
3.A.1.120 (Putative) Drug resistance ATPase-1 (DrugRA1) Drugs b
3.A.1.121 (Putative) Drug resistance ATPase-2 (DrugRA2) Drugs, antibiotics b
3.A.1.122 Macrolide exporter (MacB) Macrolides, heme 3
3.A.1.123 Peptide-4 exporter (Pep4E) Drugs, peptides 1
3.A.1.124 3-Component peptide-5 exporter (Pep5E) Bacteriocins 2
3.A.1.125 Lipoprotein translocase (LPT) O.M. Lipoproteins 3
3.A.1.126 ß-Exotoxin I exporter (ß-ETE) Proteins 2
3.A.1.127 AmfS peptide exporter (AmfS-E) Peptides, morphogens 2
3.A.1.128 SkfA peptide exporter (SkfA-E) Modified peptides 2
3.A.1.129 CydDC cysteine exporter (CydDC-E) Cysteine 1
3.A.1.130 Multidrug/hemolysin exporter (MHE) Drugs, hemolysins 2
3.A.1.131 Bacitracin resistance (Bcr) Bacteriocins 2
3.A.1.132 Gliding motility ABC transporter (Gld) Polysaccharides, copper ions 2
3.A.1.133 Peptide-6 exporter (Pep6E) Peptides 2
3.A.1.134 Peptide-7 exporter (Pep7E) Peptides, bacteriocins 3
3.A.1.135 Drug exporter-4 (DrugE4) Drugs 1
3.A.1.136 Uncharacterized ABC3-type (U-ABC3-1) Unknown 3
3.A.1.137 Uncharacterized ABC3-type (U-ABC3-2) Unknown 3
3.A.1.138 Unknown ABC2-type (ABC2-1) Unknown 2
3.A.1.201 Multidrug resistance exporter (MDR) Drugs, fatty acids, lipids 1
3.A.1.202 Cystic fibrosis transmembrane exporter (CFTR) Chloride 1
3.A.1.203 Peroxysomal fatty acyl CoA transporter (P-FAT) Long chain fatty acids 1
3.A.1.204 Eye pigment precursor transporter (EPP) Pigments, drugs, hemes 2
3.A.1.205 Pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR) Drugs, steroids, nucleotides, acids 2
3.A.1.206 a-Factor sex pheromone exporter (STE) Peptides 1
3.A.1.207 Eukaryotic ABC3 (E-ABC3) Unknown 3
3.A.1.208 Drug conjugate transporter (DCT) Drugs, conjugates, anions, peptides, folates 1
3.A.1.209 MHC peptide transporter (TAP) Peptides 1
3.A.1.210 Heavy metal transporter (HMT) Drugs, metal conjugates, heme 1
3.A.1.211 Cholesterol/phospholipid/retinal (CPR) flippase Drugs, sterols, lipids, retinal, surfactants, proteins, peptides, xenobiotics 2
3.A.1.212 Mitochondrial peptide exporter (MPE) Peptides 1

aTC number within the ABC superfamily (3.A.1) is provided in the first column. The family name is given in the second column, with the family abbreviation presented in parentheses. Column 3 indicates the substrates known to be transported, while column 4 indicates to which topological type family members belong

bThe membrane constituents of these two families of putative ABC drug export systems have not been identified