D6PK AGCVIII Kinases Are Required for Auxin Transport and Phototropic Hypocotyl Bending in Arabidopsis[C][W]
D6PK AGCVIII Kinases Are Required for Auxin Transport and Phototropic Hypocotyl Bending in Arabidopsis[C][W]
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10.1105/tpc.113.111484
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2013-05
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11.6
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B. Willige;Siv Ahlers;M. Zourelidou;Inês C. R. Barbosa;Emilie Demarsy;Martine Trévisan;Philip A Davis;M. Roelfsema;R. Hangarter;C. Fankhauser;C. Schwechheimer
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B. Willige;Siv Ahlers;M. Zourelidou;Inês C. R. Barbosa;Emilie Demarsy;Martine Trévisan;Philip A Davis;M. Roelfsema;R. Hangarter;C. Fankhauser;C. Schwechheimer
This work demonstrates that D6PK AGC kinases and PIN auxin transporters are required for phototropic hypocotyl bending. The findings suggest that D6PK-mediated phosphorylation of PIN transporters promotes auxin transport in the hypocotyl to ensure proper phototropic hypocotyl bending. Phototropic hypocotyl bending in response to blue light excitation is an important adaptive process that helps plants to optimize their exposure to light. In Arabidopsis thaliana, phototropic hypocotyl bending is initiated by the blue light receptors and protein kinases phototropin1 (phot1) and phot2. Phototropic responses also require auxin transport and were shown to be partially compromised in mutants of the PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux facilitators. We previously described the D6 PROTEIN KINASE (D6PK) subfamily of AGCVIII kinases, which we proposed to directly regulate PIN-mediated auxin transport. Here, we show that phototropic hypocotyl bending is strongly dependent on the activity of D6PKs and the PIN proteins PIN3, PIN4, and PIN7. While early blue light and phot-dependent signaling events are not affected by the loss of D6PKs, we detect a gradual loss of PIN3 phosphorylation in d6pk mutants of increasing complexity that is most severe in the d6pk d6pkl1 d6pkl2 d6pkl3 quadruple mutant. This is accompanied by a reduction of basipetal auxin transport in the hypocotyls of d6pk as well as in pin mutants. Based on our data, we propose that D6PK-dependent PIN regulation promotes auxin transport and that auxin transport in the hypocotyl is a prerequisite for phot1-dependent hypocotyl bending.