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PIN Proteins Perform a Rate-Limiting Function in Cellular Auxin Efflux

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Conditional gain-of-function alleles and quantitative measurements of auxin accumulation revealed that the action of PINs in auxin efflux is distinct from PGP, rate-limiting, specific to auxins, and sensitive to auxin transport inhibitors, which suggests a direct involvement ofPINs in catalyzing cellular auxIn efflux.
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Intercellular flow of the phytohormone auxin underpins multiple developmental processes in plants. Plant-specific pin-formed (PIN) proteins and several phosphoglycoprotein (PGP) transporters are crucial factors in auxin transport-related development, yet the molecular function of PINs remains unknown. Here, we show that PINs mediate auxin efflux from mammalian and yeast cells without needing additional plant-specific factors. Conditional gain-of-function alleles and quantitative measurements of auxin accumulation in Arabidopsis and tobacco cultured cells revealed that the action of PINs in auxin efflux is distinct from PGP, rate-limiting, specific to auxins, and sensitive to auxin transport inhibitors. This suggests a direct involvement of PINs in catalyzing cellular auxin efflux.

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Auxin transport routes in plant development.

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Signal integration in the control of shoot branching.

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Local, Efflux-Dependent Auxin Gradients as a Common Module for Plant Organ Formation

TL;DR: It is shown that organ formation in Arabidopsis involves dynamic gradients of the signaling molecule auxin with maxima at the primordia tips, which suggest that PIN-dependent, local auxin gradients represent a common module for formation of all plant organs, regardless of their mature morphology or developmental origin.
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Auxin: regulation, action, and interaction.

TL;DR: Nearly six decades after the structural elucidation of IAA, many aspects of auxin metabolism, transport and signalling are well established; however, more than a few fundamental questions and innumerable details remain unresolved.
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The PIN auxin efflux facilitator network controls growth and patterning in Arabidopsis roots

TL;DR: This work shows that five PIN genes collectively control auxin distribution to regulate cell division and cell expansion in the primary root and reveals an interaction network of auxin transport facilitators and root fate determinants that control patterning and growth of the root primordium.
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Efflux-dependent auxin gradients establish the apical–basal axis of Arabidopsis

TL;DR: The results indicate how the establishment of cell polarity, polar auxin efflux and local auxin response result in apical–basal axis formation of the embryo, and thus determine the axiality of the adult plant.
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Lateral relocation of auxin efflux regulator PIN3 mediates tropism in Arabidopsis

TL;DR: It is shown that auxin accumulates asymmetrically during differential growth in an efflux-dependent manner and that actin-dependent relocalization of PIN3 in response to gravity provides a mechanism for redirecting auxin flux to trigger asymmetric growth.
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