Auxin signal perception begins when auxin molecules bind to their receptor. The primary receptor for auxin is Transport Inhibitor Response 1 (TIR1), which is part of the SCF (SKP1, CUL1, F-box protein) complex, functioning as an E3 ubiquitin ligase. This receptor-ligand interaction is crucial for initiating the auxin response pathway.
Auxin Signal Transduction
Once auxin is bound to TIR1, the signal transduction pathway follows several steps:
Degradation of Aux/IAA Proteins: Auxin binding enhances the affinity of TIR1 for Aux/IAA proteins, which are repressors of auxin-responsive transcription factors called ARFs (Auxin Response Factors). The binding of auxin facilitates the ubiquitination of Aux/IAA proteins by the SCF complex, leading to their degradation via the 26S proteasome.
Activation of ARFs: With the degradation of Aux/IAA proteins, ARFs are released from repression. These transcription factors can then bind to auxin response elements (AuxREs) in the promoters of auxin-responsive genes, activating or repressing their expression.
Gene Expression Changes: The activation or repression of ARFs leads to changes in the expression of numerous genes involved in cell growth, division, and differentiation, as well as other physiological processes. This results in the various developmental and growth responses associated with auxin.
Feedback Regulation: The auxin signaling pathway includes mechanisms for feedback regulation to modulate the sensitivity of the response. For instance, some of the genes activated by ARFs encode Aux/IAA proteins, thus providing a negative feedback loop that adjusts the response to auxin.
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3. Auxin induced responses
They regulate apical-basal polarity in embryo development,
Apical dominance in shoots,
Induction of lateral and adventitious roots,
Vascular tissue differentiation, and cell growth in stems and coleoptiles,
Asymmetric growth associated with phototropic and gravitropic curvatures.
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4. General cellular signalling pathway
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5. General cellular
signalling pathway
Ligand is any biomolecule that acts as
a intercellular messenger that is
synthesised or released in response
to the external stimuli
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6. General cellular
signalling pathway
The cellular receptors act as eyes and
ears of the cell they are associated with.
They are responsible to sensing the
ligand molecule and initiating the
downstream signalling cascade of events
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7. General cellular
signalling pathway
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After the receptor binds to the ligand,
the downstream signalling cascade is
activated which is responsible for
internalization of the signal.
8. General cellular
signalling pathway
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The internalized signal is later localized
through the nuclear transcriptional
regulations to elicit a morph
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one of the most common ways for
altering protein activity is the addition of
a phosphate group to one or more sites
on the protein, a process called
phosphorylation.
Activation by
phosphorylation
10. Phosphate groups cant be attached to
just any part of a protein. Instead, they
are typically linked to one of the three
amino acids that have hydroxyl (-OH)
groups in their side chains:
tyrosine, threonine, and serine.
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Activation by
phosphorylation
11. In general, phosphorylation isnt
permanent. To flip proteins back into
their non-phosphorylated state, cells
have enzymes called phosphatases,
which remove a phosphate group from
their targets.
Inactivation by
phosphorylation
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Auxin
Signalling
13. Member components
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Auxin Response Factors (ARF)
Transcription factors
Auxin Responsive elements (AREs)
Promoter sequence of Auxin genes
Aux/IAA
Proteins binding to ARFs
Repressor
TPL - TOPLESS
Co-repressor
SCF-E3 ligase
Polyubiquitylation
26S proteasomes
Ubiquitin mediated protein degradation
Auxin signalling
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15. the promoter sequences of auxin-
responsive genes
TGTCTC
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Auxin responsive
element (AuxRE)
16. ARFs are transcription factors that
contain an amino-terminal B3-like
DNA-binding domain, which binds
to an auxin-responsive element
(ARE; TGTCTC) in the promoter of
auxin-response genes in an auxin
independent manner
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Auxin response
factors (ARFs)
17. Small (2035 kDa) short-lived
nuclear proteins.
They function as transcriptional
repressors of auxin-responsive
gene expression
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Aux/IAA
repressor
18. Domain I (of IV) of Aux/IAA
contains one (or more) conserved
LXLXL motifs (where L is leucine
and X is some other amino acid)
that has been demonstrated to be
the site of interaction with the
transcriptional co-repressor
TOPLESS (TPL)
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TPL
Co-repressor
19. Fine we have to remove the
repressor proteins
BUT HOW?
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20. A protein complex that is responsible for degrading intracellular
proteins that have been tagged for destruction by the addition of
ubiquitin.
26S proteasome
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21. 26S proteasome
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Proteasome 26S, named due to its
Svedberg (S) sedimentation coefficient, is
formed by a 19S regulatory complex, which
recognized proteins targeted to the
degradation, and a 20S core particle, which
degraded targeted proteins.
22. Who identifies our repressor
proteins and directs them to this
26s proteosome?
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23. A component of the machinery for the ubiquitin-dependent
degradation of proteins. F-box proteins recognize specific
substrates and, with the help of other subunits of the E3
ubiquitin ligase, deliver them to the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating
enzyme
F-box protein
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24. TIR1 protein assembles into a multi
subunit SCF ubiquitin ligase (E3)
complex that is found in the
nucleus.
The F-box interacts directly with
the substrate to be ubiquitylated
The substrates for SCFTIR1 are the
Aux/IAA transcriptional
repressors.
TIR1
auxin-binding proteins/receptors
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25. A multisubunit ubiquitin ligase that consists of SKP1, CUL1 and
an F-box protein (TIR1 in this case) that confers substrate
specificity
SCFTIR1 E3 ubiquitin ligase
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F-box
protein
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F-box
protein
Substrate
(repressor)
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F-box
protein
Substrate
(repressor)
Auxin
(molecular
glue)
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32. SKP2A
S-Phase Kinase-associated Protein 2A
mediated auxin signalling
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33. SKP2A
A cell-cycle F-box protein
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SKP2A protein contain an F-box and
leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domains
SKP2A is a cell cycleregulated protein that
controls the stability of at least two cell
division transcriptional factors, E2FC and
DPB
Based on the SKP2A expression profile, it is
likely that it functions during late S-phase
and mitosis
34. SKP2A degrades E2FC and DPB
overexpression of SKP2A increases the number of dividing cells in the meristems, indicating that
SKP2A might function in promoting cell-cycle progression
Cell cycle is strictly controlled in plants, and the degradation of G1-to-S checkpoint regulators,
E2FC and dimerization partner of E2FB (DPB), is required for the continuation of the cell cycle
cell-cycle repressors E2FC and DPB are targeted by the SCFSKP2A for degradation
SKP2a can bind to auxin which enhances its interaction with E2FC and DPB
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgg.2023.07.002
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39. ABP1
Extracellular auxin receptor
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40. ABP1 from Zea mays was the first
auxin-binding protein to be
extensively characterized, and a
proposed auxin receptor.
The 22-kDa protein is found
predominantly in the lumen of the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER), with a
small fraction associated with the
outer surface of the plasma
membrane (PM), which appears to
be the site of function.
ABP1
auxin-binding proteins/receptors
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41. ABP1 is an extracellular auxin
receptor
ABP1 is not a transmembrane
protein; thus, it requires (an)
accessory protein(s), which
transmits a signal to the cell
interior, and at the same time holds
ABP1 in place close to the
membrane.
ABP1
auxin-binding proteins/receptors
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42. the best candidate for a docking
protein is an extracellular,
glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-
anchored protein
ABP1
auxin-binding proteins/receptors
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43. Lastly, it is speculated that
phospholipases might play a role in
signalling events downstream of
ABP1
ABP1
auxin-binding proteins/receptors
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45. Thank you
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