Project description:Proteomic investigation of Arabidopsis thaliana ftsH12 - ftsH12 is one of 17 genes of the FtsH metallo-protease family encoded within the A. thaliana genome.
Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 21-24 nucleotide (nt) small non-coding RNAs that regulate a wide variety of biological processes at the posttranscriptional level. MiRNA expression often exhibits spatial and temporal specificity. However, genome-wide miRNA expression patterns in different Arabidopsis organs during plant development have not yet been fully investigated. In this study, we sequenced 59 small RNA libraries generated from different tissue types at different developmental stages of Arabidopsis. We then re-annotated Arabidopsis miRNAs based on the most recent criteria. Global analysis of miRNA expression patterns showed that most miRNAs are ubiquitously expressed in different organs or tissues. But a small set of miRNAs, either previously annotated or newly identified, show highly specific expression patterns. In addition, the expression of some miRNA members belonging to the same family is strictly regulated spatially and temporally. Unexpectedly, we found that quite a few miRNAs are produced from different arms of their hairpin precursors at different developmental stages, suggesting that arm switching could be a general and important mechanism in developmental regulation.
Project description:The nascent polypeptide-associated (NAC) complex was described in yeast as a heterodimer composed of two subunits, α and β, and was shown to bind to the nascent polypeptides newly emerging from the ribosome. Although NAC function was widely described in yeast, less is known about its role in plants. The knock down of individual NAC subunit(s) led usually to a higher sensitivity to stress. In Arabidopsis thaliana genome, there are five genes coding for NACα subunit, and two genes coding for NACβ. Double homozygous mutant in both genes coding for NACβ was acquired, which showed a delayed development compared to the wild type, had abnormal number of flower organs, shorter siliques and greatly reduced seed set. Herein, both NACβ genes were characterized by complementation analysis, overexpression, subcellular localization, and promoter analysis. Since flowers were the most affected organs by nacβ mutation, the flower buds transcriptome was identified by RNA sequencing, and their proteome by gel-free approach. The differential expression analyses of transcriptomic and proteomic datasets suggest the involvement of NACβ subunits in stress responses and male gametophyte development.
Project description:This experiment profiled a time series of gene expression in leaf 7 of Arabidopsis thaliana plants grown in a controlled environment under 8 h light: 16 h dark (i.e. short days) to compare to the profiles analysed in Breeze et al. (2011) Plant Cell 23(3):873-94 under long day conditions.
