A unified nomenclature of NITRATE TRANSPORTER 1/PEPTIDE TRANSPORTER family members in plants.
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.
Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR CNRS/INRA/UM2/SupAgro, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes 'Claude Grignon', Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France.
Sophie
S
Léran
Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, 12 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Kranthi
K
Varala
Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR CNRS/INRA/UM2/SupAgro, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes 'Claude Grignon', Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France.
Jean-Christophe
JC
Boyer
Institute of Genetics and Biophysics 'Adriano Buzzati-Traverso', CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Maurizio
M
Chiurazzi
Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Nigel
N
Crawford
INRA AgroParisTech, UMR1318 Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, RD10, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France.
Françoise
F
Daniel-Vedele
INRA AgroParisTech, UMR1318 Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, RD10, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France.
Laure
L
David
Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305220, Denton, TX 76203, USA.
Rebecca
R
Dickstein
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Edificio Severo Ochoa Baja E, Campus de Rabanales, E-14071, Córdoba, Spain.
Emilio
E
Fernandez
Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
Brian
B
Forde
Division of Plant Sciences, CS Bond Life Sciences Center and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Walter
W
Gassmann
Universität Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie und Biophysik, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, 97082 Würzburg, Germany.
Dietmar
D
Geiger
Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR CNRS/INRA/UM2/SupAgro, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes 'Claude Grignon', Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France.
Alain
A
Gojon
National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Shanghai), Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Ji-Ming
JM
Gong
DynaMo Centre of Excellence, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
Barbara A
BA
Halkier
Department of Plant Biology, 315 Jeffords Hall, 63 Carrigan Drive, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
Jeanne M
JM
Harris
Universität Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie und Biophysik, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, 97082 Würzburg, Germany.
Rainer
R
Hedrich
UMR 1345 Research Institute of Horticulture and Seeds (INRA, Agrocampus-Ouest, University of Angers), SFR 4207 Quasav, 2 Bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers Cedex, France.
Anis M
AM
Limami
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland.
Doris
D
Rentsch
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.
Mitsunori
M
Seo
Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yi-Fang
YF
Tsay
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
Mingyong
M
Zhang
Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, 12 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Gloria
G
Coruzzi
Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR CNRS/INRA/UM2/SupAgro, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes 'Claude Grignon', Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France. Electronic address: benoit.lacombe@supagro.inra.fr.
Benoît
B
Lacombe
D027321:Anion Transport Proteins / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000091285:Nitrate Transporters; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D027321:Anion Transport Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D000091285:Nitrate Transporters; D010940:Plant Proteins; C043912:peptide permease