N6-methyladenosine mRNA methylation is important for the light response in soybean.

ABSTRACT: N6-methyladenosine (m⁶A) modification of messenger RNA (mRNA) is the most prevalent and abundant modification in eukaryotic mRNA and posttranscriptionally modulates the transcriptome at almost all stages of mRNA metabolism. In plants, m⁶A is crucial for embryonic-phase growth, flowering time control, microspore generation and fruit maturation. However, the role of m⁶A in plant responses to light, the most important environmental stimulus, remains unexplored. Here, we profile the m⁶A transcriptome of Williams 82, a soybean cultivar, and reveal that m⁶A is highly conserved and plays an important role in the response to light stimuli in soybean. Similar to the case in Arabidopsis, m⁶A in soybean is enriched not only arou

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10110966 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature