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| Title |
The PIN-FORMED (PIN) protein family of auxin transporters
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| Published in |
Genome Biology, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/gb-2009-10-12-249 |
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| Authors |
Pavel Křeček, Petr Skůpa, Jiří Libus, Satoshi Naramoto, Ricardo Tejos, Jiří Friml, Eva Zažímalová |
| Abstract |
The PIN-FORMED (PIN) proteins are secondary transporters acting in the efflux of the plant signal molecule auxin from cells. They are asymmetrically localized within cells and their polarity determines the directionality of intercellular auxin flow. PIN genes are found exclusively in the genomes of multicellular plants and play an important role in regulating asymmetric auxin distribution in multiple developmental processes, including embryogenesis, organogenesis, tissue differentiation and tropic responses. All PIN proteins have a similar structure with amino- and carboxy-terminal hydrophobic, membrane-spanning domains separated by a central hydrophilic domain. The structure of the hydrophobic domains is well conserved. The hydrophilic domain is more divergent and it determines eight groups within the protein family. The activity of PIN proteins is regulated at multiple levels, including transcription, protein stability, subcellular localization and transport activity. Different endogenous and environmental signals can modulate PIN activity and thus modulate auxin-distribution-dependent development. A large group of PIN proteins, including the most ancient members known from mosses, localize to the endoplasmic reticulum and they regulate the subcellular compartmentalization of auxin and thus auxin metabolism. Further work is needed to establish the physiological importance of this unexpected mode of auxin homeostasis regulation. Furthermore, the evolution of PIN-based transport, PIN protein structure and more detailed biochemical characterization of the transport function are important topics for further studies. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Comoros | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 4 | <1% |
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| Japan | 2 | <1% |
| Czechia | 2 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | <1% |
| Unknown | 595 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 144 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 93 | 15% |
| Researcher | 92 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 87 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 35 | 6% |
| Other | 76 | 12% |
| Unknown | 91 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 348 | 56% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 137 | 22% |
| Chemistry | 6 | <1% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | <1% |
| Engineering | 4 | <1% |
| Other | 18 | 3% |
| Unknown | 100 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 October 2022.
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