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Pegler JL, Patrick JW, McDermott B, Brown A, Oultram JMJ, Grof CPL, Ward JM. Phaseolus vulgaris STP13.1 is an H +-coupled monosaccharide transporter, present in source leaves and seed coats, with higher substrate affinity at depolarized potentials. PLANT DIRECT 2024; 8:e585. [PMID: 38651017 PMCID: PMC11033725 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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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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- Joseph L. Pegler
- Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and EnvironmentUniversity of NewcastleCallaghanNew South WalesAustralia
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- Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and EnvironmentUniversity of NewcastleCallaghanNew South WalesAustralia
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- Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and EnvironmentUniversity of NewcastleCallaghanNew South WalesAustralia
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- Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and EnvironmentUniversity of NewcastleCallaghanNew South WalesAustralia
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- Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and EnvironmentUniversity of NewcastleCallaghanNew South WalesAustralia
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- Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and EnvironmentUniversity of NewcastleCallaghanNew South WalesAustralia
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- Plant and Microbial BiologyUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesSt. PaulMinnesotaUSA
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Liu T, Bao C, Ban Q, Wang C, Hu T, Wang J. Genome-wide identification of sugar transporter gene family in Brassicaceae crops and an expression analysis in the radish. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:245. [PMID: 35585498 PMCID: PMC9115943 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03629-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sugar not only is an important biomacromolecule that plays important roles in plant growth, development, and biotic and abiotic stress tolerance but also provides a skeleton for other macromolecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids. Sugar transporter proteins (STPs) play essential roles in plant sugar transport and ultimately affect the abovementioned life processes. However, the evolutionary dynamics of this important gene family in Brassicaceae crops are still largely unknown, and the functional differentiation of radish STP genes remains unclear. RESULTS In the present study, a comparative genomic study of STP genes in five representative Brassicaceae crops was conducted, and a total of 25, 25, 28, 36 and 49 STP genes were individually identified in Raphanus sativus (Rs), Brassica oleracea (Bo), B. rapa (Br), B. napus (Bn) and B. juncea (Bj), which were divided into four clades by phylogenetic analysis. The number of STP genes was no direct correlation with genome size and the total number of coding genes in Brassicaceae crops, and their physical and chemical properties showed no significant difference. Expression analysis showed that radish STP genes play vital roles not only in flower and seedpod development but also under heavy metal (cadmium, chromium and lead), NaCl and PEG-6000 stresses, Agrobacterium tumefaciens infection, and exogenous sugar treatment. RsSTP13.2 was significantly upregulated in the resistant radish cultivar by A. tumefaciens infection and induced by heavy metal, NaCl and PEG-6000 stress, indicating that it is involved in resistance to both biotic and abiotic stress in radish. CONCLUSIONS The present study provides insights into the evolutionary patterns of the STP gene family in Brassicaceae genomes and provides a theoretical basis for future functional analysis of STP genes in Brassicaceae crops.
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- Tongjin Liu
- College of Horticulture, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, 210038 China
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- Institute of Vegetable, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021 China
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- College of Horticulture, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, 210038 China
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- College of Horticulture, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, 210038 China
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- Institute of Vegetable, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021 China
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- Institute of Vegetable, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021 China
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Urwat U, Ahmad SM, Masi A, Ganai NA, Murtaza I, Khan I, Zargar SM. Fe and Zn stress induced gene expression analysis unraveled mechanisms of mineral homeostasis in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Sci Rep 2021; 11:24026. [PMID: 34912040 PMCID: PMC8674274 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03506-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) stress significantly affects fundamental metabolic and physiological processes in plants that results in reduction of plant growth and development. In the present study, common bean variety; Shalimar French Bean-1 (SFB-1) was used as an experimental material. Four different MGRL media i.e. normal MGRL medium (Control), media without Fe (0-Fe), media without Zn (0-Zn) and media with excess Zn (300-Zn) were used for growing seeds of SFB-1 under in vitro condition for three weeks under optimum conditions. Three week old shoot and root tissues were harvested from the plants grown in these four different in vitro conditions and were, subjected to Fe and Zn estimation. Further, extraction of total RNA for differential gene expression of ten candidate genes selected based on our in silico investigation and their classification, phylogeny and expression pattern was unraveled. Expression analysis of three candidate genes (OPT3, NRAMP2 and NRAMP3) in roots revealed possible cross talk among Fe/Zn stress that was further confirmed by observing less accumulation of Fe in roots under both these conditions. However, we observed, higher accumulation of Fe in shoots under 0-Fe condition compared to control that suggests precise sensing for priority based compartmentalization and partitioning leading to higher accumulation of Fe in shoots. Furthermore, the expression analysis of IRT1, FRO1 and Ferritin 1 genes under Fe/Zn stress suggested their role in uptake/transport and signaling of Fe and Zn, whereas the expression of ZIP2, NRAMP1, HA2 and GLP1 genes were highly responsive to Zn in Phaseolus vulgaris. The identified genes highly responsive to Fe and Zn stress condition can be potential candidates for overcoming mineral stress in dicot crop plants.
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- Uneeb Urwat
- grid.444725.40000 0004 0500 6225Proteomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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- grid.444725.40000 0004 0500 6225Division of Animal Biotechnology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama Campus, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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- grid.5608.b0000 0004 1757 3470Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- grid.444725.40000 0004 0500 6225Division of Animal Biotechnology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama Campus, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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- grid.444725.40000 0004 0500 6225Divisions of Basic Sciences, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama Campus, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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- grid.444725.40000 0004 0500 6225Division of Statistics, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama Campus, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India.
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Manzoor M, Zargar SM, Akhter P, Urwat U, Mahajan R, Bhat SA, Dar TA, Khan I. Morphological, Biochemical, and Proteomic Studies Revealed Impact of Fe and P Crosstalk on Root Development in Phaseolus vulgaris L. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2021; 193:3898-3914. [PMID: 34524636 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-021-03662-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mineral stress is one of the major abiotic stresses faced by crop plants. The present study was undertaken to investigate the impact of mineral stress (iron (Fe) and phosphorus (P)) on various morphological and biochemical responses of the shoot and root tissues and root architecture of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). This study also leads us to the identification of P stress responsive proteins. The study was conducted under in vitro conditions, in which seeds of Shalimar French Bean-1 (SFB-1) variety were cultured on four different MGRL medium (control (P1Fe1), iron deficient (P1Fe0), phosphorus deficient (P0Fe1), and phosphorus and iron deficient (P0Fe0)). Chlorophyll content of leaves, Fe/P content of root tissues, total sugars, proline, length, and weight of shoot and root tissues were assessed and compared within and between the treatments. The analyzed data revealed significant difference between control and other three treatments. Chlorophyll content of shoots was found significantly decreased under mineral stress treatments P0Fe1, P1Fe0, and P0Fe0 than control. Length and weight of shoot and root were also observed significantly decreased under P0Fe1, P1Fe0, and P0Fe0 as compared to control. Total sugar was significantly higher in P0Fe1 of roots in comparison to control. Proline content was significantly higher in both tissues of shoots and roots of plants grown under P1Fe0, P0Fe1, and P0Fe0 than control condition. Furthermore, we unexpectedly observed the recovery of roots (mainly primary roots) under P0Fe0 as compared to P1Fe0 and P0Fe1. Interestingly higher concentration of Fe was also observed in P0Fe1 compared to other treatments and also higher concentration of P was observed in P1Fe1. These findings suggested that there is a crosstalk between Fe and P and also revealed that there is a disruption in the ability of PR (primary root) to sense local P deficiency in the absence of Fe. Furthermore, proteomics analysis (SDS-PAGE followed by MALDI MS) helped in identification of defensive proteins in P stress condition compared to control.
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- Madhiya Manzoor
- Proteomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India, 190025
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India, 190025.
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India, 190025
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India, 190025
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Division of Plant Biotechnology, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India, 190025
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- Division of Basic Science, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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- Division of Agricultural Statistics, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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