Exploring structural, functional, evolutionary, and genetic characteristics of sugar transporters in maize and their roles in abiotic stress tolerance.

ABSTRACT: Sugars are the structural building blocks of carbohydrates, which are transported through a series of transporters in plant. To explore the molecular mechanisms of how transporters, play roles in uptake, transport and mobilization of sugars in maize, a series of bioinformatics analyses were done to identify and characterize the transporters. Following the analyses, 60 sugar transporters were identified in maize, which shared eight (STP, PLT, ERD6, INT, TMT, pGlcT, SUC, and VGT) clades during phylogenetic analysis. Due to having significant differences in molecular weight, multiple beta-strands, transmembrane helices, and 11-12 transmembrane domains, the transports might play significant variations in functional properties. Since most transporters are plasma membrane bound, and have the hig

SUBMITTER: Mia MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12944759 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature