Biogenesis, Mode of Action and the Interactions of Plant Non-Coding RNAs

Abstract

The central dogma of genetics, which outlines the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to protein, has long been the guiding principle in molecular biology. In fact, more than three-quarters of the RNAs produced by transcription of the plant genome are not translated into proteins, and these RNAs directly serve as non-coding RNAs in the regulation of plant life activities at the molecular level. The breakthroughs in high-throughput transcriptome sequencing technology and the establishment and improvement of non-coding RNA experiments have now led to the discovery and confirmation of the biogenesis, mechanisms, and synergistic effects of non-coding RNAs. These non-coding RNAs are now predicted to play important roles in the regulation of gene expression and responses to stress and evolution. In this review, we focus on the synthesis, and mechanisms of non-coding RNAs, and we discuss their impact on gene regulation in plants.

Update on functional analysis of long non-coding RNAs in common crops

“…The increasing functional characterization of lncRNAs has been accompanied by an increase in the number of studies on lncRNAs over the last decade. The mechanisms of action of lncRNAs in animals have been extensively studied ( Zhang et al., 2020 ; Zhang X. et al, 2023 ). Moreover, there has been a steady increase in the research on lncRNAs in both animals and plants over the years.…”