title: Endosome-specific localization and function of the ARF activator GNOM.
abstract: ARF GTPases act at multiple steps of the secretory and vacuolar/lysosomal trafficking pathways, but little is known about the spatial regulation of ARF activation. In this issue of Cell, Geldner et al. demonstrate that the Arabidopsis ARF activator GNOM localizes to endosomes where it controls the polarized trafficking of the auxin efflux carrier PIN1 to the basal plasma membrane.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Juan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bonifacino
authors.forename: Catherine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D011992:Endosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C088087:GNOM protein, Arabidopsis; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C116363:PIN1 protein, Arabidopsis; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators