Auxin-binding-protein antibodies and peptides influence stomatal opening and alter cytoplasmic pH
by Gehring C. A., McConchie R. M., Venis M. A., Parish R. W. (1998)
Department of Botany, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
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in Planta 205: 581-586 – DOI: 10.1007/s004250050359 –
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9684362
Abstract
Previous work has shown that stomatal opening induced by indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in epidermal strips of the orchid Paphiopedilum tonsum L. is preceded by a reduction in cytoplasmic pH (pHi) of the guard cells.
We now report that Fab fragments of an auxin-agonist antibody (D16), directed against a putative auxin-binding domain of the auxin-binding protein ABP1, induce stomatal opening and decrease guard-cell pHi, as monitored with the acetomethoxy ester of the ratiometric pH indicator Snarf-1.
Similar activity was shown by a monoclonal antibody against the same domain. The C-terminal dodecapeptide, Pz152-163 of maize ABP1 (ABPzm1) induced guard-cell alkalinization and closed stomata, as did Fab fragments of a monoclonal antibody (MAC 256) recognising the C-terminal region of ABPzm1.
By implicating, for the first time, an auxin-binding protein in mediation of an auxin-dependent physiological response, these findings strongly support an auxin-receptor role for ABP1.
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