A Global Landscape of Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Elements in the Carrot Genome
Open Access
- 2 June 2021
- Vol. 12 (6), 859
- https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12060859
Abstract
Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) are the most abundant group of Class II mobile elements in plant genomes. Their presence in genic regions may alter gene structure and expression, providing a new source of functional diversity. Owing to their small size and lack of coding capacity, the identification of MITEs has been demanding. However, the increasing availability of reference genomes and bioinformatic tools provides better means for the genome-wide identification and analysis of MITEs and for the elucidation of their contribution to the evolution of plant genomes. We mined MITEs in the carrot reference genome DH1 using MITE-hunter and developed a curated carrot MITE repository comprising 428 families. Of the 31,025 MITE copies spanning 10.34 Mbp of the carrot genome, 54% were positioned in genic regions. Stowaways and Tourists were frequently present in the vicinity of genes, while Mutator-like MITEs were relatively more enriched in introns. hAT-like MITEs were relatively more frequently associated with transcribed regions, including untranslated regions (UTRs). Some carrot MITE families were shared with other Apiaceae species. We showed that hAT-like MITEs were involved in the formation of new splice variants of insertion-harboring genes. Thus, carrot MITEs contributed to the accretion of new diversity by altering transcripts and possibly affecting the regulation of many genes.Keywords
Funding Information
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki (2019/33/B/NZ9/00757 (OPUS17))
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