Enquiry into the Topology of Plasma Membrane-Localized PIN Auxin Transport Components

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Authors

NODZYNSKI Tomasz VANNESTE Steffen ZWIEWKA Marta PERNISOVÁ Markéta HEJÁTKO Jan FRIML Jiří

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Molecular Plant
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Central European Institute of Technology

Citation
Web http://www.cell.com/molecular-plant/fulltext/S1674-2052(16)30191-5
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2016.08.010
Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords plasma membrane protein; topology; auxin efflux carriers; Arabidopsis thaliana
Description Auxin directs plant ontogenesis via differential accumulation within tissues depending largely on the activity of PIN proteins that mediate auxin efflux from cells and its directional cell-to-cell transport. Regardless of the developmental importance of PINs, the structure of these transporters is poorly characterized. Here, we present experimental data concerning protein topology of plasma membrane-localized PINs. Utilizing approaches based on pH-dependent quenching of fluorescent reporters combined with immunolocalization techniques,we mapped the membrane topology of PINs and further cross-validated our results using available topology modeling software. We delineated the topology of PIN1 with two transmembrane (TM) bundles of five a-helices linked by a large intracellular loop and a C-terminus positioned outside the cytoplasm. Using constraints derived from our experimental data, we also provide an updated position of helical regions generating a verisimilitude model of PIN1. Since the canonical long PINs show a high degree of conservation in TM domains and auxin transport capacity has been demonstrated for Arabidopsis representatives of this group, this empirically enhanced topological model of PIN1 will be an important starting point for further studies on PIN structure-function relationships. In addition, we have established protocols that can be used to probe the topology of other plasma membrane proteins in plants.
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