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A cDNA coding for a putative auxin efflux carrier was amplified from Pisum sativum seedling shoot tips by RT-PCR and the corresponding full-length cDNA, PsPIN1, was subsequently obtained by RACE-PCR. The deduced amino acid sequence (599 residues) showed the three domain topology typical of the other PIN proteins. The PsPIN1 protein structure prediction possessed five transmembrane domains at both the N-(7-150) and C-(450-575) termini and a hydrophylic region in the middle. PsPIN1 showed highest similarity to Medicago, MtPIN4. Using the Genome Walking technique, a 1511 bp upstream region for PsPIN1 gene was sequenced. This PsPIN1 upstream region possessed multiple putative auxin, GA and light regulatory elements. The PsPIN1 mRNA was ubiquitously expressed throughout the pea plant, especially in growing tissues. Auxin induced PsPIN1 mRNA in dark grown pea seedling shoot tips. It was induced by 4-chloro-IAA, which is also an active auxin in pea, and by gibberellin (GA3). Interestingly, the PsPIN1 mRNA was down-regulated by light treatment, possibly because light negatively regulates auxin and, especially GA levels in pea. Thus PIN1-mediated auxin efflux is a highly regulated process, not only at the level of protein localization, but also at the level of mRNA accumulation.
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Chawla, R., DeMason, D.A. Molecular expression of PsPIN1, a putative auxin efflux carrier gene from pea (Pisum sativum L.). Plant Growth Regulation 44, 1–14 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-004-2139-9
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