Project description:The Arabidopsis core exosome (Exo9) has a phosphorolytic activity due to the RRP41 subunit. The goal of this experiment was to determine the role of this intrinsic activity of Exo9 on the maturation of the 5.8S rRNA in Arabidopsis.
Project description:The Arabidopsis core exosome (Exo9) has a phosphorolytic activity due to the RRP41 subunit. The goal of this experiment was to determine the role of this intrinsic activity of Exo9 on the degradation of rRNA maturation by-products in Arabidopsis.
Project description:The exosome complex plays a central role in RNA metabolism, and each of its core subunits is essential for viability in yeast However, comprehensive studies of exosome substrates and functional analyses of its subunits in multi.CELlular eukaryotes are lacking Here we show that, in sharp contrast to yeast and metazoan exosome complexes, individual subunits of the plant exosome core are functionally specialized Using whole-genome oligonucleotide tiling microarray analyses of csl4 null mutant plants and conditional genetic depletions of RRP4 and RRP41, we uncovered unexpected functional plasticity in the plant exosome core as well as generated a set of high-resolution genome-wide maps of Arabidopsis exosome targets These analyses provide evidence for widespread polyadenylation- and exosome-mediated RNA quality control in plants and reveal novel aspects of stable structural RNA metabolism Finally, numerous novel exosome substrates were discovered, including a select subset of mRNAs, miRNA processing intermediates, and hundreds of noncoding RNAs, the vast majority of which have not been previously described This large collection of RNAs belong to a Òdeeply hiddenÓ layer of the transcriptome that is tightly repressed and can only be visualized upon inhibition of exosome activity These first genome-wide maps of exosome substrates will aid in illuminating new fundamental components and regulatory mechanisms of eukaryotic transcriptomes Keywords: Strand-specific gene expression analysis using whole-genome oligonucleotide tiling microarray analyses of three exosome subunits, using csl4 null mutant plants and conditional genetic depletions of RRP4 and RRP41.
Project description:Arabidopsis thaliana shows a wide range of genetic and trait variation among wild accessions. Because of its unparalleled biological and genomic resources, Arabidopsis has a high potential for the identification of genes underlying ecologically important complex traits, thus providing new insights on genome evolution. Previous research suggested that distinct light responses were crucial for Arabidopsis establishment in a peculiar ecological niche of southern Patagonia. The aim of this study was to explore the genetic basis of contrasting light-associated physiological traits that may have mediated the rapid adaptation to this new environment. From a biparental cross between the photomorphogenic contrasting accessions Patagonia (Pat) and Columbia (Col-0), we generated a novel recombinant inbred line (RIL) population, which was entirely next-generation sequenced to achieve ultra-high-density saturating molecular markers resulting in supreme mapping sensitivity. We validated the quality of the RIL population by quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping for seedling de-etiolation, finding seven QTLs for hypocotyl length in the dark and continuous blue light (Bc), continuous red light (Rc), and continuous far-red light (FRc). The most relevant QTLs, Rc1 and Bc1, were mapped close together to chromosome V; the former for Rc and Rc/dark, and the latter for Bc, FRc, and dark treatments. The additive effects of both QTLs were confirmed by independent heterogeneous inbred families (HIFs), and we explored TZP and ABA1 as potential candidate genes for Rc1 and Bc1QTLs, respectively. We conclude that the Pat × Col-0 RIL population is a valuable novel genetic resource to explore other adaptive traits in Arabidopsis.