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Jintao Cheng1, Meerim Arystanbek Kyzy2, Adrian Heide2
1College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070 Wuhan, China.
Abstract:
Sugar transport across membranes is critical for plant development and yield. However, an analysis of the role of intracellular sugar transporters in senescence is lacking. Here, we characterized the role of Senescence-Associated Sugar Transporter1 (SAST1) during senescence in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). SAST1 expression was induced in leaves during senescence and after the application of abscisic acid (ABA). SAST1 is a vacuolar protein that pumps glucose out of the cytosol. sast1 mutants exhibited a stay-green phenotype during developmental senescence, after the darkening of single leaves, and after ABA feeding. To explain the stay-green phenotype of sast1 mutants, we analyzed the activity of the glucose-induced master regulator TOR (target of rapamycin), which is responsible for maintaining a high anabolic state. TOR activity was higher in sast1 mutants during senescence compared to wild types, whereas the activity of its antagonist, SNF1-related protein kinase 1 (SnRK1), was reduced in sast1 mutants under senescent conditions. This deregulation of TOR and SnRK1 activities correlated with high cytosolic glucose levels under senescent conditions in sast1 mutants. Although sast1 mutants displayed a functional stay-green phenotype, their seed yield was reduced. These analyses place the activity of SAST1 in the last phase of a leaf's existence in the molecular program required to complete its life cycle.
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