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Sucrose transporters

SUC1’s mode of low-affinity transport

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The new structure for the H+-coupled sucrose uptake transporter AtSUC1 helps us understand the mechanism used by plants for cellular sucrose uptake and phloem loading.

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  1. Graduate Education, College of Continuing and Professional Studies, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA

    Anke Reinders & John Ward

  2. Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA

    Anke Reinders & John Ward

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Reinders, A., Ward, J. SUC1’s mode of low-affinity transport. Nat. Plants 9, 856–857 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01431-y

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