The phosphotransferases system (PTS-GFL) superfamily is a superfamily of phosphotransferase enzymes that facilitate the transport of glucose, glucitol (G), fructose (F) and lactose (L). Classification has been established through phylogenic analysis and bioinformatics.[1][2]

The bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) transports and phosphorylates its sugar substrates in a single energy-coupled step. This transport process is dependent on several cytoplasmic phosphoryl transfer proteins - Enzyme I (I), HPr, Enzyme IIA (IIA), and Enzyme IIB (IIB)) as well as the integral membrane sugar permease (IIC). The PTS Enzyme II complexes are derived from independently evolving 4 PTS Enzyme II complex superfamilies, that include the (1) Glucose (Glc),(2) Mannose (Man), (3) Ascorbate-Galactitol (Asc-Gat) and (4) Dihydroxyacetone (Dha) superfamilies.

The four families that make up the PTS-GFL superfamily include:

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  1. ^ Chen, Jonathan S.; Reddy, Vamsee; Chen, Joshua H.; Shlykov, Maksim A.; Zheng, Wei Hao; Cho, Jaehoon; Yen, Ming Ren; Saier, Milton H. (2012-01-01). "Phylogenetic Characterization of Transport Protein Superfamilies: Superiority of SuperfamilyTree Programs over Those Based on Multiple Alignments". Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology. 21 (3–4): 83–96. doi:10.1159/000334611. ISSN 1464-1801. PMC 3290041. PMID 22286036.
  2. ^ Nguyen, Thai X.; Yen, Ming-Ren; Barabote, Ravi D.; Saier, Milton H. (2006-01-01). "Topological predictions for integral membrane permeases of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system". Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology. 11 (6): 345–360. doi:10.1159/000095636. ISSN 1464-1801. PMID 17114898.