Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms222011034
Keywords
abiotic stress; Arabidopsis; melatonin; miRNA; rice; serotonin; sorghum; tomato
Funding
- ICGEB
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
- Department of Science and Technology (DST) [IFA14/LSPA-24]
- DBT
- DST
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Serotonin and melatonin are master regulators of plant growth and development, and their biosynthesis genes show distinct evolutionary relationships among different plant species. The expression of these genes is influenced by tissue-specific, developmental, and stress/hormone-mediated variations, with light/dark cycles also affecting their expression. MiRNAs regulate the expression of genes involved in serotonin and melatonin biosynthesis under light and stress conditions, providing opportunities for functional characterization of target genes in plant physiology.
Serotonin (Ser) and melatonin (Mel) serve as master regulators of plant growth and development by influencing diverse cellular processes. The enzymes namely, tryptophan decarboxylase (TDC) and tryptamine 5-hydroxylase (T5H) catalyse the formation of Ser from tryptophan. Subsequently, serotonin N-acetyl transferase (SNAT) and acetyl-serotonin methyltransferase (ASMT) form Mel from Ser. Plant genomes harbour multiple genes for each of these four enzymes, all of which have not been identified. Therefore, to delineate information regarding these four gene families, we carried out a genome-wide analysis of the genes involved in Ser and Mel biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, tomato, rice and sorghum. Phylogenetic analysis unravelled distinct evolutionary relationships among these genes from different plants. Interestingly, no gene family except ASMTs showed monocot- or dicot-specific clustering of respective proteins. Further, we observed tissue-specific, developmental and stress/hormone-mediated variations in the expression of the four gene families. The light/dark cycle also affected their expression in agreement with our quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis. Importantly, we found that miRNAs (miR6249a and miR-1846e) regulated the expression of Ser and Mel biosynthesis under light and stress by influencing the expression of OsTDC5 and OsASMT18, respectively. Thus, this study may provide opportunities for functional characterization of suitable target genes of the Ser and Mel pathway to decipher their exact roles in plant physiology.yy
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