结缕草
RNA剪接
选择性拼接
计算生物学
生物
化学
生物化学
植物
信使核糖核酸
基因
核糖核酸
作者
Zhenke Wu,Liangliang He,Cong‐Cong Wang,Liang Chen,Hanying Li,Dixiao Zhong,Zhaoxia Dong,Lijuan Zhang,Xiang‐Qian Zhang,Liangfa Ge,Shu Chen
摘要
Abstract Inadequate reference databases in RNA‐seq analysis can hinder data utilization and interpretation. In this study, we have successfully constructed a high‐quality reference transcript dataset, ZjRTD1.0, for Zoysia japonica , a widely‐used turfgrass with exceptional tolerance to various abiotic stress, including low temperatures and salinity. This dataset comprises 113,089 transcripts from 57,143 genes. BUSCO analysis demonstrates exceptional completeness (92.4%) in ZjRTD1.0, with reduced proportions of fragmented (3.3%) and missing (4.3%) orthologs compared to prior datasets. ZjRTD1.0 enables more precise analyses, including transcript quantification and alternative splicing assessments using public datasets, which identified a substantial number of differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) and differential alternative splicing (DAS) events, leading to several novel findings on Z. japonica 's responses to abiotic stresses. First, spliceosome gene expression influenced alternative splicing significantly under abiotic stress, with a greater impact observed during low‐temperature stress. Then, a significant positive correlation was found between the number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) encoding protein kinases and the frequency of DAS events, suggesting the role of protein phosphorylation in regulating alternative splicing. Additionally, our results suggest possible involvement of serine/arginine‐rich (SR) proteins and heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) in generating inclusion/exclusion isoforms under low‐temperature stress. Furthermore, our investigation revealed a significantly enhanced overlap between DEGs and differentially alternatively spliced genes (DASGs) in response to low‐temperature stress, suggesting a unique co‐regulatory mechanism governing transcription and splicing in the context of low‐temperature response. In conclusion, we have proven that ZjRTD1.0 will serve as a reliable and useful resource for future transcriptomic analyses in Z. japonica .
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