Localization shift of a sugar transporter contributes to phloem unloading in sweet watermelons

Localization shift of a sugar transporter contributes to phloem unloading in sweet watermelons

© 2020 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2020 New Phytologist Trust.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 227(2020), 6 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 1858-1871
1. Verfasser: Ren, Yi (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Sun, Honghe, Zong, Mei, Guo, Shaogui, Ren, Zhijie, Zhao, Jianyu, Li, Maoying, Zhang, Jie, Tian, Shouwei, Wang, Jinfang, Yu, Yongtao, Gong, Guoyi, Zhang, Haiying, He, Hongju, Li, Legong, Zhang, Xiaolan, Liu, Fan, Fei, Zhangjun, Xu, Yong
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. localization shift sugar content sugar phloem unloading sugar transporter watermelon Plant Proteins Sugars
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Zusammenfassung:© 2020 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2020 New Phytologist Trust.
Unloading sugar from sink phloem by transporters is complex and much remains to be understood about this phenomenon in the watermelon fruit. Here, we report a novel vacuolar sugar transporter (ClVST1) identified through map-based cloning and association study, whose expression in fruit phloem is associated with accumulation of sucrose (Suc) in watermelon fruit. ClVST197 knockout lines show decreased sugar content and total biomass, whereas overexpression of ClVST197 increases Suc content. Population genomic and subcellular localization analyses strongly suggest a single-base change at the coding region of ClVST197 as a major molecular event during watermelon domestication, which results in the truncation of 45 amino acids and shifts the localization of ClVST197 to plasma membranes in sweet watermelons. Molecular, biochemical and phenotypic analyses indicate that ClVST197 is a novel sugar transporter for Suc and glucose efflux and unloading. Functional characterization of ClVST1 provides a novel strategy to increase sugar sink potency during watermelon domestication
Beschreibung:Date Completed 14.05.2021
Date Revised 14.05.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/nph.16659