非编码 RNA 在植物中的研究进展
Research Progress of Non-coding RNA in Plants
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摘要: 蛋白质是生命活动的承担者、体现者,因此,人们一度认为只有编码蛋白质的 RNA 才具有重要功能。然而随着近年来高通量测序的发展和生物信息学水平的提高,非编码 RNA(non-coding,ncRNAs) 被大量发现。植物非编码 RNA 是一类在转录组中不编码蛋白的 RNA,对植物生命活动起着重要的调控作用。总结了植物 ncRNAs 的分类和生物学功能并对其中几种主要 ncRNAs 如 microRNAs (small non-coding RNAs,miRNAs)、lncRNAs (long non-coding RNAs)、circRNAs (circular RNAs) 的产生机理、分子机制及应激反应相关功能等方面进行阐述,为后续植物 ncRNAs 的研究提供一些有价值的理论依据和参考信息。Abstract: Protein is the undertaker and embodiment of life activities.Therefore,it was once thought that only RNA, which encodes proteins,could have important functions.However,with the development of high-throughput sequencing and the improvement of bioinformatics in recent years,a large number of non-coding RNA(ncRNAs) has been found.Plant non-coding RNA is a kind of RNA that does not encode proteins in transcriptome and plays an important role in regulating plant life activities.The classification and biological functions of plant ncRNAs were summarized in this study.The production mechanism,molecular mechanism and related functions of stress response of several main ncRNAs,such as microRNAs (miRNAs),lncRNAs (long non-coding RNAs),circRNAs(circular RNAs) were described in this paper.It provides some valuable theoretical basis and reference information for the follow-up study of plant ncRNAs.