{"title":"A chemical genetic screen with the EXO70 inhibitor Endosidin2 uncovers potential modulators of exocytosis in Arabidopsis.","authors":"Xiaohui Li, Diwen Wang, Xianglin Yin, Mingji Dai, Christopher J Staiger, Chunhua Zhang","doi":"10.1002/pld3.592","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pld3.592","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Exocytosis plays an essential role in delivering proteins, lipids, and cell wall polysaccharides to the plasma membrane and extracellular spaces. Accurate secretion through exocytosis is key to normal plant development as well as responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. During exocytosis, an octameric protein complex named the exocyst facilitates the tethering of secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane. Despite some understanding of molecular and cellular aspects of exocyst function obtained through reverse genetics and direct interaction assays, knowledge about upstream modulators and genetic interactors remains limited. Traditional genetic screens encounter practical issues in exocyst subunit mutant backgrounds, such as lethality of certain knockout mutants and/or potential redundancy of EXO70 homologs. To address these challenges, this study leverages the tunable and reversible nature of chemical genetics, employing Endosidin2 (ES2)-a synthetic inhibitor of EXO70-for a large-scale chemical genetic mutant screen in Arabidopsis. This approach led to the identification of 70 ES2-hypersensitive mutants, named <i>es2s</i>. Through a whole-genome sequencing-based mapping strategy, 14 nonallelic <i>es2s</i> mutants were mapped and the candidate mutations reported here. In addition, T-DNA insertion lines were tested as alternative alleles to identify causal mutations. We found that T-DNA insertion alleles for <i>DCP5</i>, <i>VAS1/ISS1</i>, <i>ArgJ</i>, and <i>MEF11</i> were hypersensitive to ES2 for root growth inhibition. This research not only offers new genetic resources for systematically identifying molecular players interacting with the exocyst in Arabidopsis but also enhances understanding of the regulation of exocytosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20230,"journal":{"name":"Plant Direct","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11176578/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141331609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant DirectPub Date : 2024-06-05eCollection Date: 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1002/pld3.595
Dennis H Greer
{"title":"Intraspecific differences in the photosynthetic responses to chloroplast CO<sub>2</sub> and photon flux density at different leaf temperatures of four grapevine cultivars grown in common outdoor conditions.","authors":"Dennis H Greer","doi":"10.1002/pld3.595","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pld3.595","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Comparative measurements of four <i>Vitis vinifera</i> cultivars were undertaken to assess assimilation tolerance to the high growth temperatures currently pervading Australian and other wine growing regions. The cultivars, cvs. Chardonnay, Merlot, Semillon, and Shiraz, were all grown in common growth conditions, and an hypothesis promulgated genotypic variation in assimilation and in the leaf temperature dependency. Assimilation responses to varying light intensity and to varying chloroplast CO<sub>2</sub> at a range of leaf temperatures (15-45°C) were measured in leaves of each cultivar in mid-summer. Light response curves revealed marked genotype differences in maximum assimilation, but temperature effects also varied. Semillon leaves were most sensitive to temperature, with marked and steep differences in assimilation at different temperatures while Chardonnay and Merlot were least sensitive, with relatively flat responses. There were also marked cultivar differences in response to CO<sub>2</sub> and significant effects of leaf temperature. CO<sub>2</sub>-saturated assimilation varied markedly, with Semillon and Merlot leaves most responsive to temperature, although there were differences in optimum temperatures and maximum rates. Chardonnay leaves remained least tolerant, with lowest rates of assimilation across most temperatures. Assimilation at 45°C also separated the cultivars and two cultivars had higher rates than at 15°C while Chardonnay and Merlot leaves had higher rates at 15°C. There were no cultivar differences in the temperature dependency of Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylation, but Semillon had a much steeper temperature dependency on RuBP regeneration than the other cultivars. All these responses confirmed the hypothesis and concluded the high-temperature tolerance of Semillon and Shiraz and the poor adaptability of Chardonnay and possibly Merlot to perform in the current high-temperature growth conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20230,"journal":{"name":"Plant Direct","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11154808/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141296621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant DirectPub Date : 2024-06-05eCollection Date: 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1002/pld3.596
Lauren F Cole-Osborn, Emma Meehan, Carolyn W T Lee-Parsons
{"title":"Critical parameters for robust <i>Agrobacterium</i>-mediated transient transformation and quantitative promoter assays in <i>Catharanthus roseus</i> seedlings.","authors":"Lauren F Cole-Osborn, Emma Meehan, Carolyn W T Lee-Parsons","doi":"10.1002/pld3.596","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pld3.596","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Agrobacterium</i>-mediated transient expression methods are widely used to study gene function in both model and non-model plants. Using a dual-luciferase assay, we quantified the effect of <i>Agrobacterium</i>-infiltration parameters on the transient transformation efficiency of <i>Catharanthus roseus</i> seedlings. We showed that transformation efficiency is highly sensitive to seedling developmental state and a pre- and post-infiltration dark incubation and is less sensitive to the <i>Agrobacterium</i> growth stage. For example, 5 versus 6 days of germination in the dark increased seedling transformation efficiency by seven- to eight-fold while a dark incubation pre- and post-infiltration increased transformation efficiency by five- to 13-fold. <i>Agrobacterium</i> in exponential compared with stationary phase increased transformation efficiency by two-fold. Finally, we quantified the variation in our <i>Agrobacterium</i>-infiltration method in replicate infiltrations and experiments. Within a given experiment, significant differences of up to 2.6-fold in raw firefly luciferase (<i>FLUC</i>) and raw <i>Renilla</i> luciferase (<i>RLUC</i>) luminescence occurred in replicate infiltrations. These differences were significantly reduced when FLUC was normalized to RLUC values, highlighting the utility of including a reference reporter to minimize false positives. Including a second experimental replicate further reduced the potential for false positives. This optimization and quantitative validation of <i>Agrobacterium</i> infiltration in <i>C. roseus</i> seedlings will facilitate the study of this important medicinal plant and will expand the application of <i>Agrobacterium</i>-mediated transformation methods in other plant species.</p>","PeriodicalId":20230,"journal":{"name":"Plant Direct","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11154794/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141296620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant DirectPub Date : 2024-05-24DOI: 10.1002/pld3.594
Noel Anthony Mano, Mearaj A. Shaikh, Joshua R. Widhalm, Chan Yul Yoo, Michael V. Mickelbart
{"title":"Transcriptional repression of GTL1 under water‐deficit stress promotes anthocyanin biosynthesis to enhance drought tolerance","authors":"Noel Anthony Mano, Mearaj A. Shaikh, Joshua R. Widhalm, Chan Yul Yoo, Michael V. Mickelbart","doi":"10.1002/pld3.594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.594","url":null,"abstract":"The transcription factor GT2‐LIKE 1 (GTL1) has been implicated in orchestrating a transcriptional network of diverse physiological, biochemical, and developmental processes. In response to water‐limiting conditions, GTL1 is a negative regulator of stomatal development, but its potential rolein other water‐deficit responses is unknown. We hypothesized that GTL1 regulates transcriptome changes associated with drought tolerance over leaf developmental stages. To test the hypothesis, gene expression was profiled by RNA‐seq analysis in emerging and expanding leaves of wild‐type and a drought‐tolerant <jats:italic>gtl1‐4</jats:italic> knockout mutant under well‐watered and water‐deficit conditions. Our comparative analysis of genotype‐treatment combinations within leaf developmental age identified 459 and 1073 differentially expressed genes in emerging and expanding leaves, respectively, as water‐deficit responsive GTL1‐regulated genes. Transcriptional profiling identified a potential role of GTL1 in two important pathways previously linked to drought tolerance: flavonoid and polyamine biosynthesis. In expanding leaves, negative regulation of <jats:italic>GTL1</jats:italic> under water‐deficit conditions promotes biosynthesis of flavonoids and anthocyanins that may contribute to drought tolerance. Quantification of polyamines did not support a role for GTL1 in these drought‐responsive pathways, but this is likely due to the complex nature of polyamine synthesis and turnover. Our global transcriptome analysis suggests that transcriptional repression of GTL1 by water deficit allows plants to activate diverse pathways that collectively contribute to drought tolerance.","PeriodicalId":20230,"journal":{"name":"Plant Direct","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141149339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transcriptomic analysis of the defense response in \"Cabernet Sauvignon\" grape leaf induced by <i>Apolygus lucorum</i> feeding.","authors":"Heng Yao, Suhong Gao, Tianhua Sun, Guona Zhou, Changkuan Lu, Baojia Gao, Wenshu Chen, Yiming Liang","doi":"10.1002/pld3.590","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pld3.590","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To investigate the molecular mechanism of the defense response of \"Cabernet Sauvignon\" grapes to feeding by <i>Apolygus lucorum</i>, high-throughput sequencing technology was used to analyze the transcriptome of grape leaves under three different treatments: feeding by <i>A. lucorum</i>, puncture injury, and an untreated control. The research findings indicated that the differentially expressed genes were primarily enriched in three aspects: cellular composition, molecular function, and biological process. These genes were found to be involved in 42 metabolic pathways, particularly in plant hormone signaling metabolism, plant-pathogen interaction, MAPK signaling pathway, and other metabolic pathways associated with plant-induced insect resistance. Feeding by <i>A. lucorum</i> stimulated and upregulated a significant number of genes related to jasmonic acid and calcium ion pathways, suggesting their crucial role in the defense molecular mechanism of \"Cabernet Sauvignon\" grapes. The consistency between the gene expression and transcriptome sequencing results further supports these findings. This study provides a reference for the further exploration of the defense response in \"Cabernet Sauvignon\" grapes by elucidating the expression of relevant genes during feeding by <i>A. lucorum</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20230,"journal":{"name":"Plant Direct","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11108798/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141080828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant DirectPub Date : 2024-05-17DOI: 10.1002/pld3.588
Le Thanh Dien Nguyen, Nicole Groth, Kylie Mondloch, Edgar B. Cahoon, Keith Jones, Lucas Busta
{"title":"Project ChemicalBlooms: Collaborating with citizen scientists to survey the chemical diversity and phylogenetic distribution of plant epicuticular wax blooms","authors":"Le Thanh Dien Nguyen, Nicole Groth, Kylie Mondloch, Edgar B. Cahoon, Keith Jones, Lucas Busta","doi":"10.1002/pld3.588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.588","url":null,"abstract":"Plants use chemistry to overcome diverse challenges. A particularly striking chemical trait that some plants possess is the ability to synthesize massive amounts of epicuticular wax that accumulates on the plant's surfaces as a white coating visible to the naked eye. The ability to synthesize basic wax molecules appears to be shared among virtually all land plants, and our knowledge of ubiquitous wax compound synthesis is reasonably advanced. However, the ability to synthesize thick layers of visible epicuticular crystals (“wax blooms”) is restricted to specific lineages, and our knowledge of how wax blooms differ from ubiquitous wax layers is less developed. Here, we recruited the help of citizen scientists and middle school students to survey the wax bloom chemistry of 78 species spanning dicot, monocot, and gymnosperm lineages. Using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, we found that the major wax classes reported from bulk wax mixtures can be present in wax bloom crystals, with fatty acids, fatty alcohols, and alkanes being present in many species' bloom crystals. In contrast, other compounds including aldehydes, ketones, secondary alcohols, and triterpenoids were present in only a few species' wax bloom crystals. By mapping the 78 wax bloom chemical profiles onto a phylogeny and using phylogenetic comparative analyses, we found that secondary alcohol and triterpenoid‐rich wax blooms were present in lineage‐specific patterns that would not be expected to arise by chance. That finding is consistent with reports that secondary alcohol biosynthesis enzymes are found only in certain lineages but was a surprise for triterpenoids, which are intracellular components in virtually all plant lineages. Thus, our data suggest that a lineage‐specific mechanism other than biosynthesis exists that enables select species to generate triterpenoid‐rich surface wax crystals. Overall, our study outlines a general mode in which research scientists can collaborate with citizen scientists as well as middle and high school classrooms not only to enhance data collection and generate testable hypotheses but also to directly involve classrooms in the scientific process and inspire future STEM workers.","PeriodicalId":20230,"journal":{"name":"Plant Direct","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141063299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of ginseng rusty root symptoms transcriptome and its pathogenesis directed by reactive oxygen species theory","authors":"Pengcheng Yu, Xiaowen Song, Wei Zhang, Yao Yao, Junling Ren, Liyang Wang, Wenfei Liu, Zhaoping Meng, Xiangcai Meng","doi":"10.1002/pld3.586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.586","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Ginseng rusty root symptoms (GRS) is a primary disease of ginseng, which seriously decreases the yield and quality of ginseng and causes enormous losses to ginseng production. GRS prevention and control is still challenging due to its unclear etiology. In this study, the phloem tissue of healthy Panax ginseng (AG), the nonred tissue of the phloem epidermis around the lesion (BG), and the red lesion site tissue of GRS (CG) were extracted for mRNA transcriptomic analysis; 35,958 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified and were associated with multiple stress resistance pathways, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and iron ion binding. Further study showed that the contents of O2 •‐, H2O2, and malondialdehyde (MDA) were significantly increased in BG and CG tissues. Under anaerobic conditions caused by excessive soil moisture, the overproduction of ROS destroys cell membranes, simultaneously converting Fe2+ to Fe3+ and depositing it in the cell wall, which results in GRS, as evidenced by the success of the GRS induction test.","PeriodicalId":20230,"journal":{"name":"Plant Direct","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141033247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant DirectPub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1002/pld3.587
Wei Zeng, Xiutao Wang, Mengyuan Li
{"title":"PINOID‐centered genetic interactions mediate auxin action in cotyledon formation","authors":"Wei Zeng, Xiutao Wang, Mengyuan Li","doi":"10.1002/pld3.587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.587","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Auxin plays a key role in plant growth and development through auxin local synthesis, polar transport, and auxin signaling. Many previous reports on Arabidopsis have found that various types of auxin‐related genes are involved in the development of the cotyledon, including the number, symmetry, and morphology of the cotyledon. However, the molecular mechanism by which auxin is involved in cotyledon formation remains to be elucidated. PID, which encodes a serine/threonine kinase localized to the plasma membrane, has been found to phosphorylate the PIN1 protein and regulate its polar distribution in the cell. The loss of function of pid resulted in an abnormal number of cotyledons and defects in inflorescence. It was interesting that the pid mutant interacted synergistically with various types of mutant to generate the severe developmental defect without cotyledon. PID and these genes were indicated to be strongly correlated with cotyledon formation. In this review, PID‐centered genetic interactions, related gene functions, and corresponding possible pathways are discussed, providing a perspective that PID and its co‐regulators control cotyledon formation through multiple pathways.","PeriodicalId":20230,"journal":{"name":"Plant Direct","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141025078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant DirectPub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1002/pld3.589
Mercedes Ames, A. Hamernik, William L Behling, D. Douches, Dennis A. Halterman, Paul C. Bethke
{"title":"A survey of the Sli gene in wild and cultivated potato","authors":"Mercedes Ames, A. Hamernik, William L Behling, D. Douches, Dennis A. Halterman, Paul C. Bethke","doi":"10.1002/pld3.589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.589","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Inbred‐hybrid breeding of diploid potatoes necessitates breeding lines that are self‐compatible. One way of incorporating self‐compatibility into incompatible cultivated potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) germplasm is to introduce the S‐locus inhibitor gene (Sli), which functions as a dominant inhibitor of gametophytic self‐incompatibility. To learn more about Sli diversity and function in wild species relatives of cultivated potato, we obtained Sli gene sequences that extended from the 5′UTR to the 3′UTR from 133 individuals from 22 wild species relatives of potato and eight diverse cultivated potato clones. DNA sequence alignment and phylogenetic trees based on genomic and protein sequences show that there are two highly conserved groups of Sli sequences. DNA sequences in one group contain the 533 bp insertion upstream of the start codon identified previously in self‐compatible potato. The second group lacks the insertion. Three diploid and four polyploid individuals of wild species collected from geographically disjointed localities contained Sli with the 533 bp insertion. For most of the wild species clones examined, however, Sli did not have the insertion. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that Sli sequences with the insertion, in wild species and in cultivated clones, trace back to a single origin. Some diploid wild potatoes that have Sli with the insertion were self‐incompatible and some wild potatoes that lack the insertion were self‐compatible. Although there is evidence of positive selection for some codon positions in Sli, there is no evidence of diversifying selection at the gene level. In silico analysis of Sli protein structure did not support the hypothesis that amino acid changes from wild‐type (no insertion) to insertion‐type account for changes in protein function. Our study demonstrated that genetic factors besides the Sli gene must be important for conditioning a switch in the mating system from self‐incompatible to self‐compatible in wild potatoes.","PeriodicalId":20230,"journal":{"name":"Plant Direct","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141030958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant DirectPub Date : 2024-04-22DOI: 10.1002/pld3.585
Joseph L. Pegler, John W. Patrick, Benjamin McDermott, Anthony Brown, Jackson M. J. Oultram, Christopher P. L. Grof, John M. Ward
{"title":"Phaseolus vulgaris STP13.1 is an H+‐coupled monosaccharide transporter, present in source leaves and seed coats, with higher substrate affinity at depolarized potentials","authors":"Joseph L. Pegler, John W. Patrick, Benjamin McDermott, Anthony Brown, Jackson M. J. Oultram, Christopher P. L. Grof, John M. Ward","doi":"10.1002/pld3.585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.585","url":null,"abstract":"Sugar transport proteins (STPs) are high‐affinity H<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>‐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 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>Phaseolus vulgaris</jats:italic></jats:styled-content> <jats:italic>L</jats:italic>. (common bean) revealed that <jats:italic>PvSTP13.1</jats:italic> was expressed in source leaves and seed coats throughout seed development. In contrast, <jats:italic>PvSTP13.1</jats:italic> transcripts were detected at exceedingly low levels in developing embryos. To characterize the transport mechanism, PvSTP13.1 was expressed in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>Xenopus laevis</jats:italic></jats:styled-content> oocytes, and inward‐directed currents were analyzed using two‐electrode voltage clamping. PvSTP13.1 was shown to function as an H<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>‐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 (<jats:italic>K</jats:italic><jats:sub>0.5</jats:sub>) 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.","PeriodicalId":20230,"journal":{"name":"Plant Direct","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140634924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}