Evidence Supporting a Role of Alternative Splicing Participates in Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Fruit Ripening.

ABSTRACT: One key post-transcriptional modification mechanism that dynamically controls a number of physiological processes in plants is alternative splicing (AS). However, the functional impacts of AS on fruit ripening remain unclear. In this research, we used RNA-seq data from climacteric (VED, Harukei 3) and non-climacteric (PI, PS) melon cultivars to explore alternative splicing (AS) in immature and mature fruit. The results revealed dramatic changes in differential AS genes (DAG) between the young and mature fruit stages, particularly in genes involved in fruit development/ripening, carotenoid and capsaicinoid biosynthesis, and starch and sucrose metabolism. Serine/arginine-rich (SR) family proteins are known as important splicing factors in AS events. From the melon genome, a total of 17 SR me

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11172951 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature