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ABSTRACT: Background
Plant mitochondria contain a relatively large amount of genetic information, suggesting that their functional regulation may not be as straightforward as that of metazoans. We used a genomic tiling array to draw a transcriptomic atlas of Oryza sativa japonica (rice) mitochondria, which was predicted to be approximately 490-kb long.Results
Whereas statistical analysis verified the transcription of all previously known functional genes such as the ones related to oxidative phosphorylation, a similar extent of RNA expression was frequently observed in the inter-genic regions where none of the previously annotated genes are located. The newly identified open reading frames (ORFs) predicted in these transcribed inter-genic regions were generally not conserved among flowering plant species, suggesting that these ORFs did not play a role in mitochondrial principal functions. We also identified two partial fragments of retrotransposon sequences as being transcribed in rice mitochondria.Conclusion
The present study indicated the previously unexpected complexity of plant mitochondrial RNA metabolism. Our transcriptomic data (Oryza sativa Mitochondrial rna Expression Server: OsMES) is publicly accessible at [http://bioinf.mind.meiji.ac.jp/cgi-bin/gbrowse/OsMes/#search].
SUBMITTER: Fujii S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3121727 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fujii Sota S Toda Takushi T Kikuchi Shunsuke S Suzuki Ryutaro R Yokoyama Koji K Tsuchida Hiroko H Yano Kentaro K Toriyama Kinya K
BMC genomics 20110601
<h4>Background</h4>Plant mitochondria contain a relatively large amount of genetic information, suggesting that their functional regulation may not be as straightforward as that of metazoans. We used a genomic tiling array to draw a transcriptomic atlas of Oryza sativa japonica (rice) mitochondria, which was predicted to be approximately 490-kb long.<h4>Results</h4>Whereas statistical analysis verified the transcription of all previously known functional genes such as the ones related to oxidati ...[more]