Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Out of the shade and into the light

Nature Cell Biology volume 13, pages 347–349 (2011)Cite this article

Subjects

Plants reach for the sun by avoiding the shade and by directly growing towards the light. Two studies now suggest that the polar relocation of PIN3, a transporter directing the flow of the plant hormone auxin, drives both growth processes. PIN3 repolarization occurs downstream of shade perception through phytochrome photoreceptors, whereas blue light perceived by phototropin initiates polar recycling of PIN3 and growth towards the light.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: PIN3 polarization during shade avoidance and phototropic responses of Arabidopsis seedlings.

References

  1. Holland, J. J., Roberts, D. & Liscum, E. J. Exp. Bot. 60, 1969–1978 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Briggs, W. R. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 61, 1–20 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Franklin, K. A. New Phytol. 179, 930–944 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Ding, Z. et al. Nat. Cell Biol. 13, 447–452 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Keuskamp, D. H., Pollmann, S., Voesenek, L. A., Peeters, A. J. & Pierik, R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 22740–22744 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Friml, J., Wiśniewska, J., Benková, E., Mendgen, K. & Palme, K. Nature 415, 806–809 (2002).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Zádníková, P. et al. Development 137, 607–617 (2010).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Geldner, N. et al. Cell 112, 219–230 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Kleine-Vehn, J. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 107, 22344–22349 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Kleine-Vehn, J. et al. Plant Cell 21, 3839–3849 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Ikeda, Y. et al. Nat. Cell Biol. 11, 731–738 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Kaiserli, E., Sullivan, S., Jones, M. A., Feeney, K. A. & Christie, J. M. Plant Cell 21, 3226–3244 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Dhonukshe, P. et al. Development 137, 3245–3255 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Michniewicz, M. et al. Cell 130, 1044–1056 (2007).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Blakeslee, J. J. et al. Plant Physiol. 134, 28–31 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Tao, Y. et al. Cell 133, 164–176 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Plant Physiology, Markus Grebe is at the Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,

    Markus Grebe

Authors
  1. Markus Grebe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Markus Grebe.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author declares no competing financial interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Grebe, M. Out of the shade and into the light. Nat Cell Biol 13, 347–349 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb0411-347

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb0411-347

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing