STA — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

PGSC0003DMG400027425, designated STA and also known as StSTP14 on potato chromosome 5, encodes a major facilitator superfamily (MFS) domain-containing protein with monosaccharide transmembrane transporter and symporter activity, placing it in the STP/PLT plant sugar transporter family. The gene is associated with membrane and plasmalemma localisation, and is associated with response to lectin, immune memory response, digestion, hypersensitivity, immune response, and protein phosphorylation. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to sucrose content, though this is not established for potato.