Expression and Functional Analysis of SdSWEET1a from Sweet Sorghum
Sugar transporter protein(SWEET)plays important roles in plant growth and development.In order to in-vestigate the function of SWEET genes in sweet sorghum[Sorghum dochna(Forssk.)Snowden],a sugar transporter gene SdSWEET1a was screened from the NCBI database and cloned from sweet sorghum'Haitian 1'by PCR method,and its structure and function were preliminarily explored.The results showed that SdSWEET1a gene was 810 bp in length,encoding 269 amino acids and containing six transmembrane helices.The secondary structure of the protein contains four conformations,mainly random coil and α-helix.Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that SdSWEET1a was most closely related to sugarcane SdSWEET1a.Expression pattern analysis revealed that abiotic stress induced SdSWEET1a expression in roots,stems and leaves.Yeast functional complementation assays showed that SdSWE-ET1a had the ability to absorb galactose,glucose,sucrose and 2-deoxy-D-glucose.This preliminary study of SdSWEET1a in sweet sorghum in benificial to explore the mechanism of SWEET gene response to abiotic stress in sweet sorghum.