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The monosaccharide transporter(‐like) gene family in Arabidopsis
Author(s) -
Büttner Michael
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.016
Subject(s) - arabidopsis , monosaccharide , gene , transporter , sugar , gene family , function (biology) , biochemistry , genome , biology , glucose transporter , genetics , chemistry , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , mutant , insulin
The availability of complete plant genomes has greatly influenced the identification and analysis of phylogenetically related gene clusters. In Arabidopsis, this has revealed the existence of a monosaccharide transporter(‐like) gene family with 53 members, which play a role in long‐distance sugar partitioning or sub‐cellular sugar distribution and catalyze the transport of hexoses, but also polyols and in one case also pentoses and tetroses. An update on the currently available information on these Arabidopsis monosaccharide transporters, on their sub‐cellular localization and physiological function will be given.