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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2026

The sucrose-trehalose 6-phosphate nexus is conserved in flowering plants with different phloem loading and carbon storage strategies.

Maria G Annunziata, Regina Feil, Marc Lohse, Carlos M Figueroa, Matías D Hartman, Mohammad Esmailpour, Zoran Nikoloski, Karin Koehl, Mark Stitt, John E Lunn and 1 more

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Maria G AnnunziataMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany.
Regina FeilMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9936-1337
Marc LohseMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany.
Carlos M FigueroaMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany.
Matías D HartmanInstituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral, UNL, CONICET, FBCB, Colectora Ruta Nacional 168km 0, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Mohammad EsmailpourMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany.
Zoran NikoloskiMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany.
Karin KoehlMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3912-9912
Mark StittMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4900-1763
John E LunnMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8533-3004
Franziska FichtnerHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Plant Biochemistry, and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4508-5437

Funding

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research 0315912German Research Foundation 390686111German Research Foundation 515360083German Research Foundation 527912383Max Planck Partner GroupMax Planck Society
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Abstract

Trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P) is a signalling metabolite that maintains sucrose homeostasis and links plant growth and development to the availability of sucrose. Most of our knowledge of the nexus between Tre6P and sucrose comes from studies on arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), and it is unclear whether this close relationship is generally conserved across other species. To address this question, we investigated the diel changes in sucrose and Tre6P in leaves from a phylogenetically diverse set of angiosperms with different phloem loading and carbohydrate storage strategies: arabidopsis, Alchemilla molis, strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa), Plantago major, melon (Cucumis melo), and wheat (Triticum aestivum). Despite large differences in their sucrose and Tre6P levels, there were positive correlations between sucrose and Tre6P across all species. Network analysis confirmed a strong association between Tre6P and sucrose in all species, and also revealed a common link with malate, consistent with positive regulation of malate synthesis by Tre6P. In combination with previous observations that Tre6P is synthesized in and around the leaf vasculature, our findings suggest that Tre6P primarily reflects the vascular transport pool of sucrose in leaves. We conclude that the sucrose-Tre6P nexus is widespread among angiosperms, with a conserved role in regulation of sucrose metabolism and transport.

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CarbonMagnoliopsidaPhloemSucroseSugar PhosphatesTrehaloseArabidopsisPlant LeavesCarbonSucroseSugar PhosphatesTrehalosetrehalose-6-phosphateApoplastic phloem loadingphloemprimary metabolismsucrosesymplastic phloem loadingtrehalose 6-phosphate

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PMCPMC12794214

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