Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113351
Keywords
gene expression; RNA-Seq; seed development; differentially expressed genes; domestication loci; starch and sucrose metabolism; seed storage proteins; wild rice
Funding
- Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA)
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The study highlighted significant differential gene expression in wild and domesticated rice during seed development, particularly related to metabolism, transcriptional regulation, and signal transduction, with a focus on genes linked to protein synthesis and starch/sucrose metabolism.
The composition and nutritional properties of rice are the product of the expression of genes in the developing seed. RNA-Seq was used to investigate the level of gene expression at different stages of seed development in domesticated rice (Oryza sativa ssp. japonica var. Nipponbare) and two Australian wild taxa from the primary gene pool of rice (Oryza meridionalis and Oryza rufipogon type taxa). Transcriptome profiling of all coding sequences in the genome revealed that genes were significantly differentially expressed at different stages of seed development in both wild and domesticated rice. Differentially expressed genes were associated with metabolism, transcriptional regulation, nucleic acid processing, and signal transduction with the highest number of being linked to protein synthesis and starch/sucrose metabolism. The level of gene expression associated with domestication traits, starch and sucrose metabolism, and seed storage proteins were highest at the early stage (5 days post anthesis (DPA)) to the middle stage (15 DPA) and declined late in seed development in both wild and domesticated rice. However, in contrast, black hull colour (Bh4) gene was significantly expressed throughout seed development. A substantial number of novel transcripts (38) corresponding to domestication genes, starch and sucrose metabolism, and seed storage proteins were identified. The patterns of gene expression revealed in this study define the timing of metabolic processes associated with seed development and may be used to explain differences in rice grain quality and nutritional value.
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