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SWEET sugar transporters regulate plant carbon allocation, but their role in fungal root symbiosis remains unclear. Jogawat et al. show that SWEET12 is rapidly induced in the roots during Serendipita indica colonization and is essential for maintaining mutualism. Transcriptome analysis revealed that SWEET12 supports plant immune competence during symbiosis by coordinating sugar homeostasis, nutrient metabolism, defense signaling, and transport.
Abhimanyu Jogawat
First-Author Spotlight: Gaojie Li is an associate professor at the Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS. His research has focused on heterophylly and molecular adaptation of amphibious and aquatic plants for many years. He presides over projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the International Partnership Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has published numerous papers in journals including Plant Physiology, Horticulture Research, Plant, Cell & Environment, Plant and Cell Physiology and Plant Cell Reports, and established Hygrophila difformis as an ideal model for studying plant heterophylly.
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