Carnegie Institution of Washington

Sylvie Lalonde

Wolf B Frommer

Arthur R Grossman

Hong Gu

Hong Abon Biopharm Co Ltd Gu

A novel class of transporter protein, referred to as SWEET, GLUE or Gl&#xfc;, is disclosed. These transporters provide a novel system for the transportation of sugars across membranes within a cell and between the inside and outside of a cell. Such transporters are useful for understanding and altering the sugar concentration within certain organs of an organism, and within certain organelles within the cell. These transporters are also useful in protecting plants from a pathogen attack.

Sugar transporters

Phosphate biosensors are disclosed, which comprise a phosphate binding domain conjugated to donor and fluorescent moieties that permit detection and measurement of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer upon phosphate binding. Such biosensors are useful for real time monitoring of phosphate metabolism in living cells.

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Stanford, CA, United States of America

Sylvie Lalonde