Table 5.
General overview of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii miRNAs and their functional targets responded to sulfur-deprivation
| Potential Role | miRNAs ID | Expression of miRNA | Functional Target Gene | Expression of gene [3,4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lipids metabolism | miR914 | Up | Lipoxygenase | Down |
| n196 | -S only | SC5D, C-5 sterol desaturase | Down | |
| n214 | -S only | Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase | Unchanged | |
| n222 | -S only | LPB1, lowphosphate bleaching protein | Up | |
| Proteolisis and peptidolisis | miR906.3p | Up | 26S proteasome regulatory subunit | Unchanged |
| miR1147.1 | Up | COP signalosome subunit 5 | Down | |
| n198 | -S only | Peptidase M14, carboxypeptidase A | Unchanged | |
| n222 | -S only | Peptidase M14, carboxypeptidase A | Unchanged | |
| Photosynthesis | miR1150.3 | Up | Cytochrome P450 CYP3/CYP5/CYP6/CYP9 subfamilies | Down |
| miR1166.1 | Up | Phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase | Down | |
| miR909.1 | Up | pheophorbide a oxygenase | Unchanged | |
| Carbon metabolism | miR1158 | Up | 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating | Up |
| n222 | -S only | NADP malic enzyme | Down | |
| Transporters and translocons | n034 | -S only | PTA3, proton/phosphate symporter | Down |
| n197 | +S only | amino acid transporter | Up | |
| DNA binding, RNA binding, transcription and translation processes | miR1166.1 | Up | ribosome biogenesis pescadillo-like protein | Down |
| n197 | +S only | PRPL1, plastid ribosomal protein | Down | |
| Purine and pyrimidine metabolism | miR1147.1 | Up | Adenylate/guanylate kinase | Down |
| Inositol metabolism | miR1150.3 | Up | phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-related protein kinase | Unchanged |
| Amino acid metabolism | miR1156.2 | Up | N-acetyltransferase | Down |
| Kinases and phosphatases | n005 | Up | Serine/threonine protein kinase | Up |
| Redox processes | n030 | Up | cytochrome P450, CYP85 clan | Unchanged |
Potential role: potential role of target genes in metabolism; miRNAs ID: name of miRNA; expression of miRNA: the expression level of C. reinhardtii miRNAs after sulfur-deprivation; functional target gene: possible functional target genes by target gene prediction; expression of gene: the expression of target genes reported by published references