QUTD — Neurospora crassa

Summary

NCU06026, also known as QUTD or qa-Y in Neurospora crassa on chromosome 7, encodes a protein with proton:sugar symporter activity and belongs to the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) of sugar transporters. The gene is associated with carbohydrate transport, carbon catabolite repression, and localisation to the plasma membrane. Annotated biological process associations include sucrose metabolism, pyruvate metabolism, the TCA cycle, isoleucine breakdown, and monocarboxylic acid metabolism. Related genes in other species, such as quinate permease and MFS sugar transporters, link the family to sugar transport functions.