Project description:We applied the tiling arrays to study the Arabidopsis whole-genome transcriptome in Arabidopsis fry1-6, xrn2-4, xrn3-3 and xrn4-6 mutants.
Project description:We applied the tiling arrays to study the Arabidopsis whole-genome transcriptome in Arabidopsis fry1-6, xrn2-4, xrn3-3 and xrn4-6 mutants. The total RNA was prepared from 15-day-old Arabidopsis plants grown on the agar plates and used for the microarray hybridization. Three replicative hybridization experiments for each strand array were carried out using the independent biological RNA samples.
Project description:XRN 5′-3′ exoribonucleases play crucial roles in the control of RNA processing, quality, and quantity in eukaryotes. Although genome-wide profiling of RNA decay fragments is now feasible, how XRNs shape the plant mRNA degradome remains elusive. Here, we profiled and analyzed the RNA degradomes of the Arabidopsis wild type and mutants with defects in XRN activity. Deficiency of nuclear XRN3 or cytoplasmic XRN4 but not nuclear XRN2 activity largely altered Arabidopsis mRNA decay profiles. In addition to the primary XRN4 substrates derived from decapping and microRNA-directed slicing, terminating ribosome- and exon junction complex-protected fragments produced from XRN4-mediated cytoplasmic decay also represent the most abundant decay intermediates of Arabidopsis mRNAs. Short excised linear introns and cleaved pre-mRNA fragments downstream of polyadenylation sites were polyadenylated and stabilized in the xrn3 mutant, demonstrating the function of XRN3 in the removal of cleavage remnants from pre-mRNA processing. Further analysis of stabilized XRN3 substrates confirmed that polyadenylation cleavage frequently occurs after an adenosine. An increase in decay intermediates with 5′ ends upstream of a consensus motif in the xrn4 mutant suggests an endonucleolytic cleavage mechanism targeting the 3′ untranslated region of many Arabidopsis mRNAs. However, analysis of decay fragments stabilized in the xrn4 mutant indicated that, except for microRNA-directed slicing, endonucleolytic cleavage events in the coding sequence might rarely result in major decay intermediates. Together, the results of this study reveal major substrates and products of nuclear and cytoplasmic XRNs along Arabidopsis transcripts and provide a basis for precise interpretation of RNA degradome data.
Project description:To obtain a global view of mRNA uridylation in Arabidopsis, we generated TAIL-seq libraries from WT plants, urt1 and xrn4 single mutants, and urt1 xrn4 double mutant. The TAIL-seq protocol was recently developed to deep-sequence the 3' ends of RNAs (Chang et al., 2014).
Project description:To obtain a global view of mRNA uridylation in Arabidopsis, we generated TAIL-seq libraries from WT plants, urt1 and xrn4 single mutants, and urt1 xrn4 double mutant. The TAIL-seq protocol was recently developed to deep-sequence the 3' ends of RNAs (Chang et al., 2014). We generated TAIL-seq libraries from WT plants, urt1 and xrn4 single mutants, and urt1 xrn4 double mutant.