Alternative splicing in plants: directing traffic at the crossroads of adaptation and environmental stress.

TitleAlternative splicing in plants: directing traffic at the crossroads of adaptation and environmental stress.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsFilichkin, S, Priest, HD, Megraw, M, Mockler, TC
JournalCurr Opin Plant Biol
Volume24
Pagination125-35
Date Published2015 Apr
ISSN1879-0356
KeywordsAdaptation, Biological, Alternative Splicing, Circadian Clocks, Plant Physiological Phenomena, RNA, Plant, Stress, Physiological
Abstract

In recent years, high-throughput sequencing-based analysis of plant transcriptomes has suggested that up to ∼60% of plant gene loci encode alternatively spliced mature transcripts. These studies have also revealed that alternative splicing in plants can be regulated by cell type, developmental stage, the environment, and the circadian clock. Alternative splicing is coupled to RNA surveillance and processing mechanisms, including nonsense mediated decay. Recently, non-protein-coding transcripts have also been shown to undergo alternative splicing. These discoveries collectively describe a robust system of post-transcriptional regulatory feedback loops which influence RNA abundance. In this review, we summarize recent studies describing the specific roles alternative splicing and RNA surveillance play in plant adaptation to environmental stresses and the regulation of the circadian clock.

DOI10.1016/j.pbi.2015.02.008
Alternate JournalCurr. Opin. Plant Biol.
PubMed ID25835141
Grant ListR00GM0971880 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States