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Disruptions in AUX1-dependent auxin influx alter hypocotyl phototropism in Arabidopsis

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MOLECULAR PLANT
Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 129-144

Publisher

CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssm013

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  1. National Science Foundation [MCB - 0077312, DBI - 0114992, IBN - 0415970]
  2. University of Missouri Maize Biology Training Program
  3. MU - MBRTI Program
  4. MU - Monsanto Fellowship Program
  5. MU Graduate School

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Phototropism represents a differential growth response by which plant organs can respond adaptively to changes in the direction of incident light to optimize leaf/stem positioning for photosynthetic light capture and root growth orientation for water/nutrient acquisition. Studies over the past few years have identified a number of components in the signaling pathway(s) leading to development of phototropic curvatures in hypocotyls. These include the phototropin photoreceptors (phot1 and phot2) that perceive directional blue-light (BL) cues and then stimulate signaling, leading to relocalization of the plant hormone auxin, as well as the auxin response factor NPH4/ARF7 that responds to changes in local auxin concentrations to directly mediate expression of genes likely encoding proteins necessary for development of phototropic curvatures. While null mutations in NPH4/ARF7 condition an aphototropic response to unidirectional BL, seedlings carrying the same mutations recover BL-dependent phototropic responsiveness if coirradiated with red light (RL) or pre-treated with either ethylene. In the present study, we identify second-site enhancer mutations in the nph4 background that abrogate these recovery responses. One of these mutations - map1 (modifier of arf7 phenotypes 1) - was found to represent a missense allele of AUX1 - a gene encoding a high-affinity auxin influx carrier previously associated with a number of root responses. Pharmocological studies and analyses of additional aux1 mutants confirmed that AUX1 functions as a modulator of hypocotyl phototropism. Moreover, we have found that the strength of dependence of hypocotyl phototropism on AUX1-mediated auxin influx is directly related to the auxin responsiveness of the seedling in question.

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