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ArticleThe Plant cell2024

Ribosome binding of phasiRNA precursors accelerates the 24-nt phasiRNA burst in meiotic maize anthers.

Yingjia Han, Siqi Jiang, Xiaomei Dong, Xing Dai, Shunxi Wang, Ying Zheng, Ge Yan, Shengben Li, Liuji Wu, Virginia Walbot and 2 more

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Article in The Plant cell, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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  1. Review
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  3. Maize Anther Development Involves Translated Open Reading Frames From 3' Untranslated Regions.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Reproductive phasiRNAs are the piRNAs of plants.Trends in genetics : TIG · 2026
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  7. Ribosomes binding toFrontiers in plant science · 2025
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Yingjia HanKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2171-9199
Siqi JiangKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5245-9679
Xiaomei DongCollege of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5506-4544
Xing DaiCollege of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0781-9452
Shunxi WangNational Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4375-0800
Ying ZhengKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.ORCID 0009-0000-1397-6828
Ge YanKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3687-7117
Shengben LiAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2036-9078
Liuji WuNational Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0653-2193
Virginia WalbotDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1596-7279
Blake C MeyersDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3436-6097
Mei ZhangKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9803-0205

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFF1003502National Natural Science Foundation of China 32001556Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences XDA24010106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reproductive phasiRNAs (phased, secondary, small interfering RNAs), produced from numerous PHAS loci, are essential for plant anther development. PHAS transcripts are enriched on endoplasmic reticulum-bound ribosomes in maize (Zea mays), but the impact of ribosome binding on phasiRNA biogenesis remains elusive. Through ribosome profiling of maize anthers at 10 developmental stages, we demonstrated that 24-PHAS transcripts are bound by ribosomes, with patterns corresponding to the timing and abundance of 24-PHAS transcripts. Ribosome binding to 24-PHAS transcripts is conserved among different maize inbred lines, with ribosomes enriched upstream of the miR2275 target sites. We detected short open reading frames (sORFs) in the ribosome-binding regions of some 24-PHAS transcripts and observed a 3-nt periodicity in most sORFs, but mass spectrometry failed to detect peptides corresponding to the sORFs. Deletion of the entire ribosome-binding region of 24PHAS_NO296 locus eliminated ribosome binding and decreased 24-nt phasiRNA production, without affecting 24PHAS_NO296 transcript levels. In contrast, disrupting only the sORFs in 24PHAS_NO296 did not substantially affect the generation of 24-nt phasiRNAs. A newly formed sORF in these mutants may have re-directed ribosome binding to its transcripts. Overall, these findings demonstrate that sORFs facilitate ribosome binding to 24-PHAS transcripts, thereby promoting phasiRNA biogenesis in meiotic anthers.

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Gene Expression Regulation, PlantMeiosisRibosomesRNA, PlantRNA, Small InterferingZea maysFlowersRNA, PlantRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID39442012
PMCPMC11663590

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