PIN-driven auxin transport emerged early in streptophyte evolution

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Authors	SKOKAN R. MEDVECKÁ Eva VIAENE T. VOSOLSOBE S. ZWIEWKA Marta MULLER K. SKUPA P. KARADY M. ZHANG Y.Z. JANACEK D.P. HAMMES U.Z. LJUNG K. NODZYNSKI Tomasz PETRASEK J. FRIML J.
Year of publication	2019
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	NATURE PLANTS
MU Faculty or unit	Central European Institute of Technology
Citation
Web	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0542-5
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0542-5
Keywords	PROTEINS; ARABIDOPSIS; GRAVITROPISM
Description	PIN-FORMED (PIN) transporters mediate directional, intercellular movement of the phytohormone auxin in land plants. To elucidate the evolutionary origins of this developmentally crucial mechanism, we analysed the single PIN homologue of a simple green alga Klebsormidium flaccidum. KfPIN functions as a plasma membrane-localized auxin exporter in land plants and heterologous models. While its role in algae remains unclear, PIN-driven auxin export is probably an ancient and conserved trait within streptophytes.
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