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Phaseolus vulgaris STP13.1 is an H+-coupled monosaccharide transporter, present in source leaves and seed coats, with
Joseph L Pegler1, John W Patrick1, Benjamin McDermott1
1Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and Environment University of Newcastle Callaghan New South Wales Australia.
Abstract:
Sugar transport proteins (STPs) are high-affinity H+-coupled hexose symporters. Recently, the contribution of STP13 to bacterial and fungal pathogen resistance across multiple plant species has garnered significant interest. Quantitative PCR analysis of source leaves, developing embryos, and seed coats of Phaseolus vulgaris L. (common bean) revealed that PvSTP13.1 was expressed in source leaves and seed coats throughout seed development. In contrast, PvSTP13.1 transcripts were detected at exceedingly low levels in developing embryos. To characterize the transport mechanism, PvSTP13.1 was expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, and inward-directed currents were analyzed using two-electrode voltage clamping. PvSTP13.1 was shown to function as an H+-coupled monosaccharide symporter exhibiting a unique high affinity for hexoses and aldopentoses at depolarized membrane potentials. Specifically, of the 31 assessed substrates, which included aldohexoses, deoxyhexoses, fructose, 3-O-methyl-D-glucose, aldopentoses, polyols, glycosides, disaccharides, trisaccharides, and glucuronic acid, PvSTP13.1 displayed the highest affinity (K 0.5) for glucose (43 μM), mannose (92 μM), galactose (145 μM), fructose (224 μM), xylose (1.0 mM), and fucose (3.7 mM) at pH 5.6 at a depolarized membrane potential of -40 mV. The results presented here suggest PvSTP13.1 contributes to retrieval of hexoses from the apoplasmic space in source leaves and coats of developing seeds.
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