Suppression of pinoid mutant phenotypes by mutations in PIN-FORMED 1 and PIN1-GFP fusion.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 120(48): e2312918120, 2023 Nov 28.
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Disruption of either the auxin transporter PIN-FORMED 1 (PIN1) or the protein kinase PINOID (PID) leads to the development of pin-like inflorescences. Previous studies have shown that phosphoregulation of PIN1 by AGC kinases including PID directs auxin flux to drive organ initiation. Here, we report unexpected findings on the genetic interactions between these two genes. We deleted the first 2/3 of the PIN1 coding sequence using CRISPR/Cas9, and the resulting pin1 mutant (pin1-27) was a strong allele. Surprisingly, heterozygous pin1-27 suppressed two independent pid null mutants, whereas homozygous pin1-27 enhanced the phenotypes of the pid mutants during embryogenesis. Furthermore, we show that deletion of either the hydrophilic loop or the second half of PIN1 also abolished PIN1 function, yet those heterozygous pin1 mutants were also capable of rescuing pid nulls. Moreover, we inserted green fluorescent protein (GFP) into the hydrophilic loop of PIN1 through CRISPR-mediated homology-directed repair (HDR). The GFP signal and pattern in the PIN1-GFPHDR line are similar to those in the previously reported PIN1-GFP transgenic lines. Interestingly, the PIN1-GFPHDR line also rescued various pid null mutant alleles in a semidominant fashion. We conclude that decreasing the number of functional PIN1 copies is sufficient to suppress the pid mutant phenotype, suggesting that PIN1 is likely part of a larger protein complex required for organogenesis.
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Arabidopsis
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Proteínas de Arabidopsis
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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2023
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