title: Regulation of auxin transport polarity by AGC kinases.
abstract: The plant hormone auxin controls plant development through gradients and maxima that are generated by PIN efflux carrier driven polar auxin transport. PIN proteins direct this cell-to-cell auxin transport, and thus orient plant development through their asymmetric subcellular distribution. PIN polarity is regulated by PINOID and the phototropins, members of the AGC protein serine/threonine kinase family. Here we review the signaling pathways of these kinases and the role of calcium and BTB proteins in translating both internal and external signals into developmental responses via PIN relocalization, to adapt plant development to changing environmental conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 64, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hélène S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: Remko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Offringa
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D001692:Biological Transport; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D018523:Tropism
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D002118:Calcium