Plant sugar metabolism, transport and signalling in challenging environments.

Plants have the particularity of fixing carbon and energy, which they store and transport in the form of carbohydrates. Sugar metabolism therefore plays a central role in the development and reproduction of plants, as also evidenced by the fact that the expression of a very large number of genes is influenced by sugars (e.g., Bläsing et al., 2005; Price et al., 2004; Solfanelli et al., 2006). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 109, 54 - 61. 36 Samkumar, A., Karppinen, K., Dhakal, B., Martinussen, I. & Jaakola, L. (2022) Insights into sugar metabolism during bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) fruit development. [Extracted from the article]