The Arabidopsis R‐SNARE VAMP714 is essential for polarisation of PIN proteins and auxin responses
Open Access
- 17 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Phytologist
- Vol. 230 (2), 550-566
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17205
Abstract
The plant hormone auxin and its directional intercellular transport plays a major role in diverse aspects of plant growth and development. The establishment of auxin gradients requires the asymmetric distribution of members of the auxin efflux carrier PIN‐FORMED (PIN) protein family to the plasma membrane. An endocytic pathway regulates the recycling of PIN proteins between the plasma membrane and endosomes, providing a mechanism for dynamic localization. N‐ethylmaleimide‐sensitive factor adaptor protein receptors (SNAP receptors, SNAREs) mediate fusion between vesicles and target membranes and are classed as Q‐ or R‐SNAREs based on their sequence. We analysed gain‐ and loss‐of‐function mutants, dominant negative transgenics and localization of the Arabidopsis R‐SNARE VAMP714 protein to understand its function. We demonstrate that VAMP714 is essential for the insertion of PINs into the plasma membrane, for polar auxin transport, root gravitropism and morphogenesis. VAMP714 gene expression is upregulated by auxin, and the VAMP714 protein co‐localizes with ER and Golgi vesicles and with PIN proteins at the plasma membrane. It is proposed that VAMP714 mediates the delivery of PIN‐carrying vesicles to the plasma membrane, and that this forms part of a positive regulatory loop in which auxin activates a VAMP714‐dependent PIN/auxin transport system to control development.Keywords
Funding Information
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBS/B/0773X, BB/M011186/1)
- China Scholarship Council
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