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XB-ART-49745
Elife 2014 Jun 19;3. doi: 10.7554/eLife.02860.
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Auxin efflux by PIN-FORMED proteins is activated by two different protein kinases, D6 PROTEIN KINASE and PINOID.

Zourelidou M , Absmanner B , Weller B , Barbosa IC , Willige BC , Fastner A , Streit V , Port SA , Colcombet J , de la Fuente van Bentem S , Hirt H , Kuster B , Schulze WX , Hammes UZ , Schwechheimer C .


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The development and morphology of vascular plants is critically determined by synthesis and proper distribution of the phytohormone auxin. The directed cell-to-cell distribution of auxin is achieved through a system of auxin influx and efflux transporters. PIN-FORMED (PIN) proteins are proposed auxin efflux transporters, and auxin fluxes can seemingly be predicted based on the--in many cells--asymmetric plasma membrane distribution of PINs. Here, we show in a heterologous Xenopus oocyte system as well as in Arabidopsis thaliana inflorescence stems that PIN-mediated auxin transport is directly activated by D6 PROTEIN KINASE (D6PK) and PINOID (PID)/WAG kinases of the Arabidopsis AGCVIII kinase family. At the same time, we reveal that D6PKs and PID have differential phosphosite preferences. Our study suggests that PIN activation by protein kinases is a crucial component of auxin transport control that must be taken into account to understand auxin distribution within the plant.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: gpsm2 pin1 pin4 srm tnfrsf10b ucn xpc


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Bainbridge, Auxin influx carriers stabilize phyllotactic patterning. 2008, Pubmed