Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

AtSWEET13 and AtSWEET14 regulate gibberellin-mediated physiological processes

  • Yuri Kanno,
  • Takaya Oikawa,
  • Yasutaka Chiba,
  • Yasuhiro Ishimaru,
  • Takafumi Shimizu,
  • Naoto Sano,
  • Tomokazu Koshiba,
  • Yuji Kamiya,
  • Minoru Ueda,
  • Mitsunori Seo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13245
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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SWEET proteins are known to function as sugar transporters. Here, Kannoet al. show that Arabidopsis SWEET13 and SWEET14 are also able to transport the plant hormone gibberellin (GA) in heterologous systems and that sweetmutants display phenotypes consistent with altered GA response.