SUT — Solanum lycopersicum

Summary

SlSUT (Solyc05g007190) encodes a member of the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) of transporters and is annotated with sucrose:proton symporter activity, as well as maltose, biotin, arbutin and salicin transmembrane transporter activities. In tomato, the gene family is linked to flowering time, plant height, pollen vitality, and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization. The gene is associated with phloem sucrose loading and unloading, maltose and citrate transport, and a wide range of agronomic traits including fruit weight, grain yield, unfilled grain number, leaf chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, starch and sugar content, germination rate, and responses to water and abiotic stress. It is also linked to lignin biosynthesis, phenolic compound content, jasmonic acid content, and auxin sensitivity.