Abstract

Plant cells are surrounded by cell walls, which are dynamic structures displaying a strictly regulated balance between rigidity and flexibility. Walls are fairly rigid to provide support and protection, but also extensible, to allow cell growth, which is triggered by a high intracellular turgor pressure. Wall properties regulate the differential growth of the cell, resulting in a diversity of cell sizes and shapes. The plant hormone auxin is well known to stimulate cell elongation via increasing wall extensibility. Auxin participates in the regulation of cell wall properties by inducing wall loosening. Here, we review what is known on cell wall property regulation by auxin. We focus particularly on the auxin role during cell expansion linked directly to cell wall modifications. We also analyze downstream targets of transcriptional auxin signaling, which are related to the cell wall and could be linked to acid growth and the action of wall-loosening proteins. All together, this update elucidates the connection between hormonal signaling and cell wall synthesis and deposition.

Keywords

cell expansion; cell wall; acid growth; auxin

Published in

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2018, Volume: 19, number: 4, article number: 951

SLU Authors

• Majda, Mateusz

  • Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Robert, Stephanie

  • Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Cell Biology


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19040951

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/94471