TY - JOUR
T1 - The Arabidopsis Golgi-localized GDP-L-fucose transporter is required for plant development
AU - Rautengarten, Carsten
AU - Ebert, Berit
AU - Liu, Lifeng
AU - Stonebloom, Solomon
AU - Smith-Moritz, Andreia M.
AU - Pauly, Markus
AU - Orellana, Ariel
AU - Scheller, Henrik Vibe
AU - Heazlewood, Joshua L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Author(s).
PY - 2016/7/6
Y1 - 2016/7/6
N2 - Nucleotide sugar transport across Golgi membranes is essential for the luminal biosynthesis of glycan structures. Here we identify GDP-fucose transporter 1 (GFT1), an Arabidopsis nucleotide sugar transporter that translocates GDP-L-fucose into the Golgi lumen. Using proteo-liposome-based transport assays, we show that GFT preferentially transports GDP-L-fucose over other nucleotide sugars in vitro, while GFT1-silenced plants are almost devoid of L-fucose in cell wall-derived xyloglucan and rhamnogalacturonan II. Furthermore, these lines display reduced L-fucose content in N-glycan structures accompanied by severe developmental growth defects. We conclude that GFT1 is the major nucleotide sugar transporter for import of GDP-L-fucose into the Golgi and is required for proper plant growth and development.
AB - Nucleotide sugar transport across Golgi membranes is essential for the luminal biosynthesis of glycan structures. Here we identify GDP-fucose transporter 1 (GFT1), an Arabidopsis nucleotide sugar transporter that translocates GDP-L-fucose into the Golgi lumen. Using proteo-liposome-based transport assays, we show that GFT preferentially transports GDP-L-fucose over other nucleotide sugars in vitro, while GFT1-silenced plants are almost devoid of L-fucose in cell wall-derived xyloglucan and rhamnogalacturonan II. Furthermore, these lines display reduced L-fucose content in N-glycan structures accompanied by severe developmental growth defects. We conclude that GFT1 is the major nucleotide sugar transporter for import of GDP-L-fucose into the Golgi and is required for proper plant growth and development.
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U2 - 10.1038/ncomms12119
DO - 10.1038/ncomms12119
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84968932171
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 7
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
M1 - 12119
ER -