A Comprehensive Evolutionary Study of Chloroplast RNA Editing in Gymnosperms: A Novel Type of G-to-A RNA Editing Is Common in Gymnosperms

Although more than 9100 plant plastomes have been sequenced, RNA editing sites of the whole plastome have been experimentally verified in only approximately 21 species, which seriously hampers the comprehensive evolutionary study of chloroplast RNA editing. We investigated the evolutionary pattern o...

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Published in:International journal of molecular sciences 2022-09, Vol.23 (18), p.10844
Main Authors: Huang, Kai-Yuan, Kan, Sheng-Long, Shen, Ting-Ting, Gong, Pin, Feng, Yuan-Yuan, Du, Hong, Zhao, Yun-Peng, Wan, Tao, Wang, Xiao-Quan, Ran, Jin-Hua
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Language:English
Subjects:
Amino acids
Angiosperms
Biological evolution
chloroplast
Chloroplasts
Editing
Evolution
G-to-A
GC content
Genes
Gymnosperms
Plastomes
Proteins
RNA editing
Transcriptomics
Transfer RNA
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Summary:Although more than 9100 plant plastomes have been sequenced, RNA editing sites of the whole plastome have been experimentally verified in only approximately 21 species, which seriously hampers the comprehensive evolutionary study of chloroplast RNA editing. We investigated the evolutionary pattern of chloroplast RNA editing sites in 19 species from all 13 families of gymnosperms based on a combination of genomic and transcriptomic data. We found that the chloroplast C-to-U RNA editing sites of gymnosperms shared many common characteristics with those of other land plants, but also exhibited many unique characteristics. In contrast to that noted in angiosperms, the density of RNA editing sites in ndh genes was not the highest in the sampled gymnosperms, and both loss and gain events at editing sites occurred frequently during the evolution of gymnosperms. In addition, GC content and plastomic size were positively correlated with the number of chloroplast RNA editing sites in gymnosperms, suggesting that the increase in GC content could provide more materials for RNA editing and facilitate the evolution of RNA editing in land plants or vice versa. Interestingly, novel G-to-A RNA editing events were commonly found in all sampled gymnosperm species, and G-to-A RNA editing exhibits many different characteristics from C-to-U RNA editing in gymnosperms. This study revealed a comprehensive evolutionary scenario for chloroplast RNA editing sites in gymnosperms, and reported that a novel type of G-to-A RNA editing is prevalent in gymnosperms.
ISSN:1422-0067
1661-6596
1422-0067
DOI:10.3390/ijms231810844