Polar auxin transport (WP2941)

Arabidopsis thaliana

Polar auxin transport pathway of Arabidopsis. Even though we have shown a representative diagram of influx and efflux proteins on different but adjacent cells, the auxin influx and efflux transport proteins when present in the same cell, are often located in the plasma membrane of cell's opposite side or on the sides (left/right). All the different paralogs of influx and efflux proteins may not be present in the same cell. Often their expression and localization is tissue, cell, organ and development stage specific. This helps in directing the flow of auxin towards 'auxin maxima' sites in plant organs and cells as needed. In some cases auxin can permeate through the plasma membrane. The Arabidopsis gene products PIN5, PIN6 and PIN8 were removed from the pathway since they are known to be involved in intracellular auxin transport rather than the intercellular auxin transport.

Authors

Pankaj Jaiswal , Kristina Hanspers , Friederike Ehrhart , Eric Weitz , Finterly Hu , and Egon Willighagen

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Organisms

Arabidopsis thaliana

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Pathway Ontology

hormone signaling pathway transport pathway

Participants

Label Type Compact URI Comment
H+ Metabolite chebi:24636 Synonym: proton
indole-3-acetic acid Metabolite chebi:16411 Synonym: IAA
indole-3-acetate Metabolite chebi:30854 Synonym: IAA(-) ion
(H+)x2 Metabolite chebi:24636 Synonym: proton
PIN3 GeneProduct ensembl:AT1G23080 Auxin efflux carrier family protein
PIN2 GeneProduct ensembl:AT5G57090 Auxin efflux carrier family protein
PIN4 GeneProduct ensembl:AT5G15100 Auxin efflux carrier family protein
PIN1 GeneProduct ensembl:AT1G73590 Auxin efflux carrier family protein
PIN7 GeneProduct ensembl:AT1G70940 Auxin efflux carrier family protein
LAX1 GeneProduct ensembl:AT5G01240 Auxin influx transporter
LAX3 GeneProduct ensembl:AT1G77690 Auxin influx transporter
LAX2 GeneProduct ensembl:AT2G21050 Auxin influx transporter
AUX1 GeneProduct ensembl:AT2G38120 Auxin influx transporter

References

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