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PIN7 auxin carrier is a terminator of radial root expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana

Michel Ruiz Rosquete, View ORCID ProfileJürgen Kleine-Vehn
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/253807
Michel Ruiz Rosquete
1Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
2Current address: Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
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Jürgen Kleine-Vehn
1Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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Directional growth of lateral roots is critical for radial expansion and soil coverage. Despite its importance, almost nothing is known about its molecular determinants. Initially, young lateral roots (LRs) grow away from the parental root maintaining the angle acquired shortly after emergence. A second downwards bending response to gravity terminates the so-called plateau phase and thereby limits the radial root expansion. Here we show that the exit from the plateau phase correlates with an increase in auxin signalling at the tip of LRs. Moreover, the increase in auxin levels induces the termination of the plateau phase, which requires PIN auxin efflux carriers. Our data suggests that the developmental increase of auxin triggers the preferential de-repression of PIN7 in gravity-sensing columella cells. The subsequent polarization of PIN7 heralds the bending towards gravity and, hence, the exit from the plateau phase. This developmental framework reveals the distinct roles of PIN auxin efflux carriers in controlling the radial growth of root systems.

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PIN7 auxin carrier is a terminator of radial root expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana
Michel Ruiz Rosquete, Jürgen Kleine-Vehn
bioRxiv 253807; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/253807
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Michel Ruiz Rosquete, Jürgen Kleine-Vehn
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