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ArticleScience China. Life sciences2022

A 5' tRNA-Ala-derived small RNA regulates anti-fungal defense in plants.

Hanqing Gu, Bi Lian, Yuxiang Yuan, Ci Kong, Yan Li, Chang Liu, Yijun Qi

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Article in Science China. Life sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hanqing Gu *Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Bi Lian *Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Yuxiang Yuan *Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Ci KongCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Yan LiCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Chang LiuCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Yijun QiCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. qiyijun@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Peking University · CNCenter for Life Sciences · CNTsinghua University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apart from their primordial role in protein synthesis, tRNAs can be cleaved to produce tRNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs). The biological functions of tsRNAs in plants remain largely unknown. In this study, we developed RtcB ligation-based small RNA (sRNA) sequencing, a method that captures and distinguishes between 3'-2',3'-cyclic-phosphate (cP)/phosphate (P)-terminated sRNAs and 3'-OH-terminated sRNAs, and profiled 5' tsRNAs and 5' tRNA halves in Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that Arabidopsis 5' tsRNAs and 5' tRNA halves predominantly contain a cP at the 3' end and require S-like RNase 1 (RNS1) and RNS3 for their production. One of the most abundant 5' tsRNAs, 5' tsR-Ala, by associating with AGO1, negatively regulates Cytochrome P450 71A13 (CYP71A13) expression and camalexin biosynthesis to repress anti-fungal defense. Interestingly, 5' tsR-Ala is downregulated upon fungal infection. Our study provides a global view of 5' tsRNAs and 5' tRNA halves in Arabidopsis and unravels an important role of a 5' tsRNA in regulating anti-fungal defense.

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Gene Expression RegulationArabidopsisBotrytisPlant DiseasesRNA, Small UntranslatedRNA, TransferSequence Analysis, RNARNA, Small UntranslatedRNA, TransferCYP71A13disease resistanceRNase T2small RNA sequencingtRNA-derived small RNAs

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