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Transport of Sugars

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Chen, Li-Qing, Cheung, Lily S., Feng, Liang, Tanner, Widmar, Frommer, Wolf B.·2015·Annual Review of Biochemistry

Abstract

Soluble sugars serve five main purposes in multicellular organisms: as sources of carbon skeletons, osmolytes, signals, and transient energy storage and as transport molecules. Most sugars are derived from photosynthetic organisms, particularly plants. In multicellular organisms, some cells specialize in providing sugars to other cells (e.g., intestinal and liver cells in animals, photosynthetic cells in plants), whereas others depend completely on an external supply (e.g., brain cells, roots and seeds). This cellular exchange of sugars requires transport proteins to mediate uptake or release from cells or subcellular compartments. Thus, not surprisingly, sugar transport is critical for plants, animals, and humans. At present, three classes of eukaryotic sugar transporters have been characterized, namely the glucose transporters (GLUTs), sodium-glucose symporters (SGLTs), and SWEETs. This review presents the history and state of the art of sugar transporter research, covering genetics, biochemistry, and physiology—from their identification and characterization to their structure, function, and physiology. In humans, understanding sugar transport has therapeutic importance (e.g., addressing diabetes or limiting access of cancer cells to sugars), and in plants, these transporters are critical for crop yield and pathogen susceptibility.

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Authors
Chen, L.-Q., Cheung, L. S., Feng, L., Tanner, W., & Frommer, W. B.
Affiliations
  • Carnegie Institution for Science (US)
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • University of Regensburg (DE)
Venue
Annual Review of Biochemistry
Published
2015-06-02
Volume
84
Issue
1
Pages
865-894
ISSN
  • 0066-4154 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4509
OpenAlex
W2116269912
Cited by
507
References
195
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Biochemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (1401855, 1258018)
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DE‐FG02‐, FG02-04ER15542, DEFG0204ER15542)
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1068450)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Office of Science
  • Basic Energy Sciences (DE-FG02-04ER15542, DE-FG02)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Keywords
sugar transport, sugar transporters, glucose transporters, sodium-glucose cotransporter, sweets, sucrose transport, osmolytes, energy storage, diabetes mellitus, crop yield, pathogen susceptibility
MeSH terms
Animals, Biological Transport, Carbohydrates, Humans, Plants, Membrane Transport Proteins, Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Plant Cells

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