Author/Authors :
Léran، نويسنده , , Sophie and Varala، نويسنده , , Kranthi and Boyer، نويسنده , , Jean-Christophe and Chiurazzi، نويسنده , , Maurizio and Crawford، نويسنده , , Nigel and Daniel-Vedele، نويسنده , , Françoise and David، نويسنده , , Laure and Dickstein، نويسنده , , Rebecca and Fernandez، نويسنده , , Emilio and Forde، نويسنده , , Brian and Gassmann، نويسنده , , Walter and Geiger، نويسنده , , Dietmar a، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Members of the plant NITRATE TRANSPORTER 1/PEPTIDE TRANSPORTER (NRT1/PTR) family display protein sequence homology with the SLC15/PepT/PTR/POT family of peptide transporters in animals. In comparison to their animal and bacterial counterparts, these plant proteins transport a wide variety of substrates: nitrate, peptides, amino acids, dicarboxylates, glucosinolates, IAA, and ABA. The phylogenetic relationship of the members of the NRT1/PTR family in 31 fully sequenced plant genomes allowed the identification of unambiguous clades, defining eight subfamilies. The phylogenetic tree was used to determine a unified nomenclature of this family named NPF, for NRT1/PTR FAMILY. We propose that the members should be named accordingly: NPFX.Y, where X denotes the subfamily and Y the individual member within the species.
