Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (10): 108-121.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2024-0327

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Advances in Methylation and Acetylation Modification of RNA in Plant Growth and Development

ZHANG Yan-yan1,2,3,4(), LU Du-xian1,2,3,4, ZUO Xin-xiu1,2,3,4, LI Yan-jun1,2,3,4, LIN Jin-xing1,2,3,4, CUI Ya-ning1,2,3,4()   

  1. 1. Forest Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, National Engineering Research Center, Beijing 100083
    2. State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Beijing 100083
    3. Key Laboratory of Bioengineering of Tree and Flower Breeding, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing 100083
    4. College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083
  • Received:2024-04-07 Online:2024-10-26 Published:2024-11-20
  • Contact: CUI Ya-ning E-mail:zyy3230184@bjfu.edu.cn;cuiyaning@bjfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

RNA modification is an important type of epigenetic modification, which refers to the addition of chemical modifying groups to the bases or ribose of RNA molecules, and can occur in a variety of RNAs, such as messenger RNAs(mRNAs), transfer RNAs(tRNAs), ribosomal RNAs(rRNAs), and cyclic RNAs(circRNAs), etc. RNA methylation and acetylation are two of the key types of modifications that perform important biological functions by regulating the genetic information of organisms. Both modifications are dynamically and reversibly regulated by three types of regulators, namely writers, erasers and readers, which have a crucial impact on different RNA metabolic processes such as RNA splicing, translocation, translation, transport and degradation. In recent years, with the development of RNA modification detection technologies, numerous studies have identified new RNA modification sites in plants and confirmed that methylation and acetylation modifications of RNAs play key roles in plant growth and development as well as in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. This paper firstly outlines the types of RNA modifications and their biological properties, and on this basis focuses on reviewing the research progress on RNA methylation and acetylation regulators in recent years, and finally summarizes the functions of RNA methylation and acetylation in plant growth and development and in response to stresses, and looks forward to some new research directions for RNA modifications in plants, with a view to providing theoretical basis and new ideas for further research related to RNA methylation and acetylation modification in plants.

Key words: RNA modification, methylation, acetylation, biotic stress, abiotic stress