Plant biology. Enhanced: growth by auxin: when a weed needs acid.
In his Perspective, Grebe discusses how a plant proton pump residing in intracellular compartments, rather than in the plasma membrane of the cell surface, regulates growth and development. The pump modulates the expression at the plasma membrane of both a transporter for the hormone auxin and another proton pump. These findings open new views on how plants regulate cell wall acidity and hormone transport during development.
Grebe
Markus
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Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90 183 Umeå, Sweden. markus.grebe@genfys.slu.se
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001692:Biological Transport; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D043564:Inorganic Pyrophosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D017494:Proton Pumps / Q000378:metabolism*
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D017494:Proton Pumps; C505048:AVP1 protein, Arabidopsis; D043564:Inorganic Pyrophosphatase