Encodes for a high-affinity transporter essential for phloem loading and long-distance transport. A major sucrose transporter, AtSUC2 can also transport a wide range of physiological and synthetic glucose conjugates with both α- or β-linkage.
Computational Description
sucrose-proton symporter 2 (SUC2); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Sucrose/H+ symporter, plant (InterPro:IPR005989), Major facilitator superfamily MFS-1 (InterPro:IPR011701), Major facilitator superfamily, general substrate transporter (InterPro:IPR016196); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: sucrose-proton symporter 1 (TAIR:AT1G71880.1); Has 2329 Blast hits to 2203 proteins in 568 species: Archae - 32; Bacteria - 908; Metazoa - 423; Fungi - 192; Plants - 420; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 354 (source: NCBI BLink).