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ArticlePlant physiology2024

m6A RNA methylation counteracts dark-induced leaf senescence in Arabidopsis.

Arsheed H Sheikh, Naheed Tabassum, Anamika Rawat, Marilia Almeida Trapp, Kashif Nawaz, Heribert Hirt

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Article in Plant physiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arsheed H SheikhCenter for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1883-5439
Naheed TabassumCenter for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2073-3132
Anamika RawatCenter for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9081-3547
Marilia Almeida TrappCenter for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9980-322X
Kashif NawazCenter for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5482-3366
Heribert HirtCenter for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3119-9633
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SA

Funding

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology BAS/1/1062-01-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Senescence is an important physiological process which directly affects many agronomic traits in plants. Senescence induces chlorophyll degradation, phytohormone changes, cellular structure damage, and altered gene regulation. Although these physiological outputs are well defined, the molecular mechanisms employed are not known. Using dark-induced leaf senescence (DILS) as the experimental system, we investigated the role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) mRNA methylation during senescence in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Plants compromised in m6A machinery components like METHYLTRANSFERASE A (mta mutant) and VIRILIZER1 (vir-1 mutant) showed an enhanced DILS phenotype. This was accompanied by compromised chloroplast and photosynthesis performance in mta as well as accumulation of senescence-promoting camalexin and phytohormone jasmonic acid after dark treatment. m6A levels increased during DILS and destabilized senescence-related transcripts thereby preventing premature aging. Due to inefficient decay, senescence-related transcripts like ORESARA1 (ORE1), SENESCENCE-ASSOCIATED GENE 21 (SAG21), NAC-like, activated by AP3/PI (NAP), and NONYELLOWING 1 (NYE1) over-accumulated in mta thereby causing accelerated senescence during DILS. Overall, our data propose that m6A modification is involved in regulating the biological response to senescence in plants, providing targets for engineering stress tolerance of crops.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlant Growth RegulatorsPlant LeavesPlant SenescenceRNA MethylationTranscription FactorsArabidopsis ProteinsPlant Growth RegulatorsTranscription Factors

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PMID38084897
PMCPMC10980409
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