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. 2026 Feb 17;16:9448. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-40278-z

Table 2.

Heat-responsive miRNAs identified in mango mesocarp and their predicted target genes.

miRNA Sequence Locus Chr Genomic location Differential expression (time/fold-change) Putative Target ID Putative targets Inhibition ΔG duplex formation (kcal/mol) ΔG precursor hairpin (kcal/mol
miR168 UCGCUUGGUGCAGGUCGGGAAC NC_058144.1:10593810–10,594,012 8 Intergenic 6 h (1.9) XM_044621157.1 MiAGO1 Cleavage -37.41 -75.5
XM_044649578.1 MiPUM2 Cleavage -31.67
miR319 UUGGACUGAAGGGAGCUCCCU NC_058139.1:5004416–5,004,836 3 Intergenic 6 h (3.68) XM_044606613.1 MiGAMYB Cleavage -33.43 -83.9
NC_058140.1:1308917–1,309,337 4 Mixed XM_044656421.1 MiMYB33 Cleavage -33.43
NC_058156.1:830778–830,982 20 Intron XM_044609727.1 MiTCP4 Cleavage -37.7
NC_058142.1:10476063–10,476,275 6 Intergenic XM_044605661.1 MiMNS3 Traslation -30.21
NC_058139.1:1054542–1,054,749 3 Intergenic
miR482 UCUUGCCAACUCCGCCCAUACC NC_058141.1:811685–811,830 5 Exon 24 h (-29.15) c24640_g2_i10 Milnc-1 Cleavage -40.13 -111
c11593_g1_i2 Uncharacterized protein Cleavage -43.92
NC_058141.1:843322–843,466 5 Intergenic XM_044641238.1 MiRP Cleavage -37.35
XM_044634119.1 MiRPP-13 Cleavage -61
XM_044631012.1 MiNIP6-1 Cleavage -33.91
miR169 UGUAGGCUUAGAAAGUAUCGUG NC_058138.1:22168361–22,168,555 2 - 3 h (2.35) - - - - -82.8
6 h (3.87)
24 h (4.43)
miR319b UGGACUGAAGGGAGCUCCUUC NC_058146.1:5739952–5,740,168 10 Intron 6 h (-8.13) XM_044616538.1 MiMYB123 Cleavage -26.79 -83.6
12 Intergenic 24 h (-5.14)

AGO1: protein argonaute 1; APUM2: pumilio homolog 2; GAMYB: similar to transcription factor GAM1; MYB33 and MYB123: similar to transcription factor MYB33 or MYB123; TCP4: similar to transcription factor TCP4; MNS3: mannosyl-oligosaccharide 1,2-alpha-mannosidase MNS3; lnc-1, long non- coding-1; RP, disease resistance protein; RPP13: putative disease resistance RPP13-like protein 1; NIP6-1: aquaporin. Bold letters: miRNAs and targets selected to validate.