Plant synthetic biology innovations for biofuels and bioproducts

Y Yang, TA Chaffin, AH Ahkami, E Blumwald… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Plant-based biosynthesis of fuels, chemicals, and materials promotes environmental
sustainability, which includes decreases in greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, and …

Designs, applications, and limitations of genetically encoded fluorescent sensors to explore plant biology

M Sadoine, Y Ishikawa, TJ Kleist, MM Wudick… - Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The understanding of signaling and metabolic processes in multicellular organisms requires
knowledge of the spatial dynamics of small molecules and the activities of enzymes …

When SWEETs turn tweens: updates and perspectives

X Xue, J Wang, D Shukla, LS Cheung… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Sugar translocation between cells and between subcellular compartments in plants requires
either plasmodesmata or a diverse array of sugar transporters. Interactions between plants …

The Arabidopsis SWEET1 and SWEET2 uniporters recognize similar substrates while differing in subcellular localization

S Gwon, J Park, AKMM Huque, LS Cheung - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporters (SWEETs) are central for sugar allocation
in plants. The SWEET family has approximately 20 homologs in most plant genomes, and …

Exploring the substrate specificity of a sugar transporter with biosensors and cheminformatics

J Park, RG Abramowitz, S Gwon… - ACS Synthetic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sugars will eventually be exported transporters (SWEETs) are conserved sugar transporters
that play crucial roles in plant physiology and biotechnology. The genomes of flowering …

Delving deeper into the link between sugar transport, sugar signaling, and vascular system development

S Dinant, R Le Hir - Physiologia Plantarum, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plant growth and development rely on the transport and use of sugars produced during
photosynthesis. Sugars have a dual function as nutrients and signal molecules in the cell …

[HTML][HTML] Glucose stockpile in the intestinal apical brush border in C. elegans

T Saito, K Kikuchi, T Ishikawa - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Revealing the mechanisms of glucose transport is crucial for studying pathological diseases
caused by glucose toxicities. Numerous studies have revealed molecular functions involved …

Effects of overexpression of ZmAPO1-9 gene on maize yield

Z Jiang, D Jin, H Zhang, J Qu, S Liu, S Guan… - Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
Seed development is an important factor in determining maize yield. The ABERRANT
PANICLE ORGANIZATION 1–9 (APO1-9) gene is yield-related in maize. To study the …

OzTracs: Optical Osmolality Reporters Engineered from Mechanosensitive Ion Channels

TJ Kleist, IW Lin, S Xu, G Maksaev, M Sadoine… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Interactions between physical forces and membrane proteins underpin many forms of
environmental sensation and acclimation. Microbes survive osmotic stresses with the help of …

The Arabidopsis SWEET1 and SWEET2 uniporters recognize similar substrates despite differences in subcellular localization

S Gwon, J Park, AKMM Huque, LS Cheung - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Abstract Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporters (SWEETs) are central for sugar
allocation in plants. The SWEET family is vast, with approximately 20 homologs in most plant …