Jun-Li Wang, Ming Wang, Li Zhang, You-Xia Li, Jing-Jing Li, Yu-Yang Li, Zuo-Xian Pu, Dan-Yang Li, Xing-Nan Liu, Wang Guo, Dong-Wei Di, Xiao-Feng Li, Guang-Qin Guo, Lei Wu
Auxin regulates plant growth and development through downstream signaling pathways, including the best-known SCFTIR1/AFB -Aux/IAA-ARF pathway and several other less characterized "noncanonical" pathways. Recently, one SCFTIR1/AFB -independent noncanonical pathway, mediated by Transmembrane Kinase 1 (TMK1), was discovered through the analyses of its functions in Arabidopsis apical hook development. Asymmetric accumulation of auxin on the concave side of the apical hook triggers DAR1-catalyzed release of the C-terminal of TMK1, which migrates into the nucleus, where it phosphorylates and stabilizes IAA32/34 to inhibit cell elongation, which is essential for full apical hook formation...
April 23, 2024: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America