9.B.98 The DUF95 (DUF95) Family
The DUF95 family consists of proteins that exhibit 4, 5 or 6 TMSs. They usually contain about 200 aas but can have N-terminal hydrophilic extensions of >100 aas. Members are found in archaea and bacteria. DUF95 domains are found in a few ABC transport systems such as 3.A.1.156.1 where the system may have an extra 4 TMS subunit. Another ABC transport system having this domain is the 18 TMS protein (3.A.1.144.4) which has a 6 + 6 + 6 arrangement, and the last 6 TMSs correspond to the DUF95 domain. It has been suggested that DUF95 proteins are auxilary subunits of bacteriocin ABC exporters (van Belkum et al., 2011). These proteins may be distantly related to TatC (2.A.64).
References associated with 9.B.98 family:
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Labay, V., R.M. Weichert, T. Makishima, and A.J. Griffith. (2010). Topology of transmembrane channel-like gene 1 protein. Biochemistry 49: 8592-8598. 20672865
van Belkum, M.J., L.A. Martin-Visscher, and J.C. Vederas. (2011). Structure and genetics of circular bacteriocins. Trends Microbiol. 19: 411-418. 21664137