PIN-driven auxin transport emerged early in streptophyte evolution

Skokan, Roman; Medvecka, Eva; Viaene, Tom; Vosolsobe, Stanislav; Zwiewka, Marta; Mueller, Karel; Skupa, Petr; Karady, Michal; Zhang, Yuzhou; Janacek, Dorina P.; Hammes, Ulrich Z.; Ljung, Karin; Nodzynski, Tomasz; Petrasek, Jan; Friml, Jiri

doi:10.1038/s41477-019-0542-5

Research article2019Peer reviewed

PIN-driven auxin transport emerged early in streptophyte evolution

Skokan, Roman; Medvecka, Eva; Viaene, Tom; Vosolsobe, Stanislav; Zwiewka, Marta; Mueller, Karel; Skupa, Petr; Karady, Michal; Zhang, Yuzhou; Janacek, Dorina P.; Hammes, Ulrich Z.; Ljung, Karin; Nodzynski, Tomasz; Petrasek, Jan; Friml, Jiri

Abstract

PIN-FORMED (PIN) transporters mediate directional, intercellular movement of the phytohormone auxin in land plants. To elucidate the evolutionary origins of this developmentally crucial mechanism, we analysed the single PIN homologue of a simple green alga Klebsormidium flaccidum. KfPIN functions as a plasma membrane-localized auxin exporter in land plants and heterologous models. While its role in algae remains unclear, PIN-driven auxin export is probably an ancient and conserved trait within streptophytes.

Published in

Nature Plants
2019, Volume: 5, number: 11, pages: 1114-1119

SLU Authors

Karady, Michal
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Palacký University Olomouc

Ljung, Karin
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

UKÄ Subject classification

Botany

Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0542-5

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/102714