Protein
Bidirectional sugar transporter SWEET8
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana
Function
Mediates both low-affinity uptake and efflux of sugar across the plasma membrane. Required, in pollen, for microspore cell integrity and primexine pattern formation (PubMed:18434608, PubMed:25988582).
Similarity
Belongs to the SWEET sugar transporter family.
Sequence
MVDAKQVRFIIGVIGNVISFGLFAAPAKTFWRIFKKKSVEEFSYVPYVATVMNCMLWVFYGLPVVHKDSILVSTINGVGLVIELFYVGVYLMYCGHKKNHRRNILGFLALEVILVVAIILITLFALKGDFVKQTFVGVICDVFNIAMYGAPSLAIIKVVKTKSVEYMPFLLSLVCFVNAGIWTTYSLIFKIDYYVLASNGIGTFLALSQLIVYFMYYKSTPKEKTVKPSEVEISATERV