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DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages 649-659Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.02.007
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- NSERC [298264-2009]
- CIHR [MOP-86675]
- UBC Bioimaging Facility
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Polarized movement of auxin generates concentration gradients within plant tissues to control cell division patterns and growth direction by modulating microtubule organization. In this study, we identify a reverse mechanism, wherein microtubules influence polar auxin transport. We show that the microtubule-associated protein CLASP interacts with the retromer component sorting nexin 1 (SNX1) to mediate an association between endosomes and microtubules. clasp-1 null mutants display aberrant SNX1 endosomes, as do wild-type plants treated with microtubule-depolymerizing drugs. Consistent with SNX1's role in trafficking of the auxin efflux carrier PIN-FORMED2 (PIN2), clasp-1 mutant plants have enhanced PIN2 degradation, and PIN2 movement to lytic vacuoles is rapidly induced by depolymerization of microtubules. clasp-1 mutants display aberrant auxin distribution and exhibit numerous auxin-related phenotypes. In addition to mechanistically linking auxin transport and microtubules, our data identify a ubiquitous endosome-microtubule association in plants.
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