GLUT, SGLT, and SWEET: Structural and mechanistic investigations of the glucose transporters

Publication Year
2016

Type

Journal Article
Abstract

Glucose is the primary fuel to life on earth. Cellular uptake of glucose is a fundamental process for metabolism, growth, and homeostasis. Three families of secondary glucose transporters have been identified in human, including the major facilitator superfamily glucose facilitators GLUTs, the sodium-driven glucose symporters SGLTs, and the recently identified SWEETs. Structures of representative members or their prokaryotic homologs of all three families were obtained. This review focuses on the recent advances in the structural elucidation of the glucose transporters and the mechanistic insights derived from these structures, including the molecular basis for substrate recognition, alternating access, and stoichiometric coupling of co-transport.

Journal
Protein Sci
Volume
25
Issue
3
Pages
546-58
Date Published
03/2016
ISSN Number
1469-896X
Alternate Journal
Protein Sci.
PMID
26650681