Open AccessWidespread translational control contributes to the regulation of Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis
Author(s) -
Liu MingJung,
Wu SzuHsien,
Chen HoMing,
Wu ShuHsing
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
molecular systems biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.523
H-Index - 148
ISSN - 1744-4292
DOI - 10.1038/msb.2011.97
Subject(s) - photomorphogenesis , biology , translational regulation , arabidopsis , translational efficiency , transcriptome , translation (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , untranslated region , gene , genetics , post transcriptional regulation , regulation of gene expression , polysome , gene expression , computational biology , messenger rna , rna , ribosome , mutant
Environmental ‘light’ has a vital role in regulating plant growth and development. Transcriptomic profiling has been widely used to examine how light regulates mRNA levels on a genome‐wide scale, but the global role of translational regulation in the response to light is unknown. Through a transcriptomic comparison of steady‐state and polysome‐bound mRNAs, we reveal a clear impact of translational control on thousands of genes, in addition to transcriptomic changes, during photomorphogenesis. Genes encoding ribosomal protein are preferentially regulated at the translational level, which possibly contributes to the enhanced translation efficiency. We also reveal that mRNAs regulated at the translational level share characteristics of longer half‐lives and shorter cDNA length, and that transcripts with a cis‐element, TAGGGTTT, in their 5′ untranslated region have higher translatability. We report a previously neglected aspect of gene expression regulation during Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis. The identities and molecular signatures associated with mRNAs regulated at the translational level also offer new directions for mechanistic studies of light‐triggered translational enhancement in Arabidopsis.