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Gravitropism and Lateral Root Emergence are Dependent on the Trans-Golgi Network Protein TN01
Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Rahul Roy, Iowa State University
  • Diane C. Bassham, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
11-1-2015
DOI
10.3389/fpls.2015.00969
Abstract

The trans-Golgi network (TGN) is a dynamic organelle that functions as a relay station for receiving endocytosed cargo, directing secretory cargo, and trafficking to the vacuole. TGN-localized SYP41-interacting protein (TNO1) is a large, TGN-localized, coiled-coil protein that associates with the membrane fusion protein SYP41, a target SNARE, and is required for efficient protein trafficking to the vacuole. Here, we show that a tno1 mutant has auxin transport-related defects. Mutant roots have delayed lateral root emergence, decreased gravitropic bending of plant organs and increased sensitivity to the auxin analog 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and the natural auxin 3-indoleacetic acid. Auxin asymmetry at the tips of elongating stage II lateral roots was reduced in the tno1 mutant, suggesting a role for TNO1 in cellular auxin transport during lateral root emergence. During gravistimulation, tno1 roots exhibited delayed auxin transport from the columella to the basal epidermal cells. Endocytosis to the TGN was unaffected in the mutant, indicating that bulk endocytic defects are not responsible for the observed phenotypes. Together these studies demonstrate a role for TNO1 in mediating auxin responses during root development and gravistimulation, potentially through trafficking of auxin transport proteins.

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This article is from Frontiers in Plant Science 6 (2015): 969, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00969. This Document is Protected by copyright and was first published by Frontiers. All rights reserved. It is reproduced with permission.

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Rahul Roy and Diane C. Bassham. "Gravitropism and Lateral Root Emergence are Dependent on the Trans-Golgi Network Protein TN01" Frontiers in Plant Science Vol. 6 (2015) p. 969
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/diane-bassham/8/