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. 2013 Apr;34(2-3):95–107. doi: 10.1016/j.mam.2012.12.009

Table 4.

Crystal structures of SLC family members. This table gives an overview of available SLC family member structures based on information obtained from this mini-review series. This list describes general structural data with the name of the crystallized homologues. The origins of the homologues and the expression hosts are also mentioned. Information about the oligomeric state of the protein in the crystal, its substrate, if co-crystalized, its resolution (Å) and protein data bank accession number are also provided.

Crystal structures of SLC family members
Human SLC family name Homologue name Homologue/expression system Oligomeric state Co-crystallization Resolution Protein Data Bank (PDB) accession# References
SLC1 GltPh Pyrococcus horikoshii/Bacteria Trimer l-glutamate 3.5 Å 1XFH Yernool et al. (2004)
l-aspartate, Sodium 3.29 Å 2NWX Boudker et al. (2007)
DL-Threo-Beta-Benzyloxyaspartate (DL-TBOA) 3.2 Å 2NWW
l-aspartate 2.96 Å 2NML



SLC2 XylE Escherichia coli/Bacteria d-xylose 2.8 Å 4GBY Sun et al. (2012)
d-glucose 2.9 Å 4GBZ
6-bromo-6-deoxy-D-glucose 2.6 Å 4GCO



SLC3/7 AdiC Salmonella enterica subsp./Bacteria Tetramer FAB fragment 3.2 Å 3NCY Fang et al. (2009)
Escherichia coli/Bacteria Dimer 4 Å 3LRC Gao et al. (2009)
l-arginine 3 Å 3L1L Gao et al. (2010)
3 Å 3OB6 Kowalczyk et al. (2011)
ApcT Methanocaldococcus jannaschii/Bacteria 2.32 Å 3GIA Shaffer et al. (2009)
FAB fragment 2.48 Å 3GI9
2.59 Å 3GI8
GadC Escherichia coli/Bacteria Dimer 3.1 Å 4DJK Ma et al. (2012)



SLC6 LeuT Eubacterium Aquifex aeolicus/Bacteria Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) clomipramine 1.85 Å 2Q6H Singh et al. (2007)
l-leucine, Sodium, Imipramine 1.7 Å 2Q72
Mhp1 Microbacterium liquefaciens/Bacteria –– 3.8 Å 2X79 Shimamura et al. (2010)



SLC8/24 NCX_MJ Methanococcus jannaschii/Bacteria 1.9 Å 3V5U Liao et al. (2012)
SLC9 NhaA Escherichia coli/Bacteria 3.45 Å 1ZCD Hunte et al. (2005)
SLC10 ASBTNM Neisseria memingitidis/Bacteria Taurocholate 2.2 Å 3ZUX Hu et al. (2011)
SLC13 VcINDY Vibrio cholerae/Bacteria Dimer Citrate 3.2 Å 4F35 Mancusso et al. (2012)
SLC14 dvUT Desulfovibrio vulgaris/Bacteria N,N’-dimethylurea 2.4 Å 3K3F Levin et al. (2009)
SLC15 PepTSo Shewanella oneidensis/Bacteria 3.6 Å 2XUT Newstead et al. (2011)
SLC16 GlpT Escherichia coli/Bacteria 3.3 Å 1PW4 Huang et al. (2003)
SLC23 UraA Escherichia coli/Bacteria Uracil 2.8 Å 3QE7 Lu et al. (2011)



SLC25 ANT1 Bos taurus/− Carboxyatractyloside (CATR) 2.2 Å 1OKC Pebay-Peyroula et al. (2003)
UCP2 Mus musculus/Bacteria GDP 2LCK Berardi et al. (2011)



SLC28 vcCNT Vibrio cholerae/Bacteria Trimer Uridine 2.4 Å 3TIJ Johnson et al. (2012)
SLC30 YiiP Escherichia coli/Bacteria Dimer Zinc 3.8 Å 2QFI Lu et al. (2009)



SLC42 AmtB Escherichia coli/Bacteria Trimer 1.4 Å 1U7G Khademi et al. (2004)
Rh Nitrosomonas europaea/Bacteria Trimer Carbon dioxide 1.85 Å 3B9Z Li et al. (2007)



SLC47 NorM Vibrio cholerae/Bacteria 3.65 Å 3MKT He et al. (2010)

Structure determined by NMR methods.