ATP-binding cassette domain of the carbohydrate and solute transporters-like
This family is comprised of proteins involved in the transport of apparently unrelated solutes and proteins specific for di- and oligosaccharides and polyols. ABC transporters are a large family of proteins involved in the transport of a wide variety of different compounds, like sugars, ions, peptides and more complex organic molecules. The nucleotide-binding domain shows the highest similarity between all members of the family. ABC transporters are a subset of nucleotide hydrolases that contain a signature motif, Q-loop, and H-loop/switch region, in addition to, the Walker A motif/P-loop and Walker B motif commonly found in a number of ATP- and GTP-binding and hydrolyzing proteins.