Revisiting AGAMOUS-LIKE15, a Key Somatic Embryogenesis Regulator, Using Next Generation Sequencing Analysis in Arabidopsis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Genome-Wide Mapping of Regions bound by AGL15 Using Chip-Seq
2.2. Gene Expression Changes in Response to AGL15 Accumulation
2.3. Identification of Putative Direct and Indirect Targets of AGL15 from NGS Data
3. Discussion
3.1. Comparison of ChIP-Chip and ChIP-Seq
3.2. Newly Discovered AGL15 Direct Targets Using NGS
3.3. AGL15 and Hormones
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Material
4.2. ChIP-Seq, Data Analysis, and qPCR
4.3. RNA-Isolation, RNA-Seq, and qRT-PCR
4.4. Data Accessions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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GO Categories | Fold Enrichment | FDR |
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Regulation of seed maturation (GO:2000034) | 4.09 | 2.74 × 10−3 |
Regulation of abscisic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0010115) | 3.77 | 4.58 × 10−2 |
Regulation of response to salt stress (GO:1901000) | 3.66 | 9.51 × 10−4 |
Regulation of seed development (GO:0080050) | 3.63 | 6.15 × 10−3 |
Very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process (GO:0042761) | 3.4 | 4.59 × 10−2 |
Positive regulation of seed germination (GO:0010030) | 3.28 | 3.65 × 10−2 |
Response to gibberellin (GO:0009739) | 3.11 | 1.45 × 10−7 |
Regulation of response to water deprivation (GO:2000070) | 3.06 | 9.09 × 10−3 |
Regulation of seed germination (GO:0010029) | 2.86 | 5.50 × 10−5 |
Regulation of hormone levels (GO:0010817) | 2.63 | 8.56 × 10−12 |
Response to hormone (GO:0009725) | 2.5 | 4.51 × 10−50 |
Regulation of post-embryonic development (GO:0048580) | 2.39 | 3.46 × 10−12 |
Seed development (GO:0048316) | 1.67 | 5.08 × 10−7 |
GO Categories for Induced Genes Enriched for: | Fold Enrichment | FDR |
---|---|---|
Regulation of cytokinin-activated signaling pathway (0080036) | 6.94 | 4.44 × 10−2 |
Cellular response to oxygen levels (0071453) | 5.62 | 2.12 × 10−22 |
Water transport (0006833) | 5.55 | 1.09 × 10−2 |
Fatty acid beta-oxidation (0006635) | 4.5 | 2.78 × 10−2 |
Positive regulation of abscisic acid signaling (0009789) | 4.32 | 6.52 × 10−3 |
Response to gibberellin (0009739) | 3.25 | 3.37 × 10−3 |
Positive regulation of response to stimulus (0048584) | 2.29 | 6.60 × 10−3 |
GO categories for repressed genes enriched for: | Fold Enrichment | FDR |
Embryonic meristem initiation (0090421) Ethylene biosynthetic process (0009693) | 7.40 5.14 | 2.16 × 10−4 1.85 × 10−2 |
Auxin polar transport (0009926) | 3.43 | 2.19 × 10−3 |
Response to fatty acid (0070542) | 2.84 | 1.91 × 10−5 |
Response to lipid (0033993) | 2.42 | 1.02 × 10−15 |
Response to gibberellin (0009739) | 2.33 | 4.75 × 10−2 |
Response to abscisic acid (0009737) | 2.33 | 3.63 × 10−8 |
Response to water deprivation (0009414) | 2.14 | 6.35 × 10−5 |
Response to salt stress (0009651) | 2.14 | 5.35 × 10−6 |
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Joshi, S.; Awan, H.; Paul, P.; Tian, R.; Perry, S.E. Revisiting AGAMOUS-LIKE15, a Key Somatic Embryogenesis Regulator, Using Next Generation Sequencing Analysis in Arabidopsis. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 15082. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232315082
Joshi S, Awan H, Paul P, Tian R, Perry SE. Revisiting AGAMOUS-LIKE15, a Key Somatic Embryogenesis Regulator, Using Next Generation Sequencing Analysis in Arabidopsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(23):15082. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232315082
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoshi, Sanjay, Hadia Awan, Priyanka Paul, Ran Tian, and Sharyn E. Perry. 2022. "Revisiting AGAMOUS-LIKE15, a Key Somatic Embryogenesis Regulator, Using Next Generation Sequencing Analysis in Arabidopsis" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 23: 15082. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232315082