Table 2.
Differential expression patterns of miRNAs reported under different abiotic stresses (S- salinity; D- drought; HT- high temperature; C- cold; Cd- cadmium; As- arsenic) in major crops- Oryza sativa, Triticum aestivum, Saccharum sp., Glycine max, and Hordeum vulgare.
| miRNA | Crop | Response | Validated/Putative Target | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | D | HT | C | Cd | As | |||
| miR156 | O. sativa | SPL TFs | ||||||
| T. aestivum | SPL | |||||||
| Saccharum sp. | SPL 5 | |||||||
| G. max | SPL | |||||||
| miR159 | O. sativa | MYB family TFs | ||||||
| T. aestivum | MYB domain protein | |||||||
| Saccharum sp. | GA-Myb | |||||||
| miR160 | O. sativa | ARF | ||||||
| T. aestivum | ARF | |||||||
| H. vulgare | ARF 13, ARF 17 | |||||||
| miR162a | O. sativa | DCL1 | ||||||
| miR164 | T. aestivum | NAC domain containing protein | ||||||
| miR166 | O. sativa | START domain containing protein, HD-Zip TFs | ||||||
| T. aestivum | HD-Zip protein | |||||||
| Saccharum sp. | Class III HD-Zip protein 4 | |||||||
| H. vulgare | HD-Zip TFs | |||||||
| miR167 | O. sativa | ARF | ||||||
| T. aestivum | ARF | |||||||
| Saccharum sp. | ARF 17 | |||||||
| G. max | ARF | |||||||
| H. vulgare | ARF 8 | |||||||
| miR168 | O. sativa | AGO | ||||||
| T. aestivum | AGO | |||||||
| Saccharum sp. | AGO 1 | |||||||
| H. vulgare | AGO 1 | |||||||
| miR169 | T. aestivum | CBF-B/NF-YA family protein | ||||||
| Saccharum sp. | HAP12-CCAAT-box TF complex | |||||||
| O. sativa | NF-YA or HAP2 TFs | |||||||
| miR170 | O. sativa | Scarecrow-like TF, ACP1 | ||||||
| miR171 | O. sativa | Scarecrow-like TF | ||||||
| T. aestivum | Scarecrow-like TF | |||||||
| Saccharum sp. | SCL1 | |||||||
| G. max | Ubiquitin carrier protein, Fe-SOD 1 | |||||||
| H. vulgare | Protein FAN | |||||||
| miR172 | O. sativa | APETALA2, bZIP TF family protein | ||||||
| T. aestivum | APETALA2-like | |||||||
| Saccharum sp. | APETALA2-like | |||||||
| miR319 | O. sativa | TCP family TF21 | ||||||
| miR390 | O. sativa | LRR-RLK | ||||||
| miR393 | O. sativa | TIR1, AFB2, AFB3, F-box domain, LRR containing protein/MYB family TF | ||||||
| miR394 | O. sativa | F-box domain containing protein | ||||||
| miR395 | T. aestivum | ATP sulfurylase | ||||||
| G. max | ATP sulfurylase, Low affinity sulfate transporter | |||||||
| miR396 | O. sativa | GRF TFs, rhodenase-like proteins, kinesin-like protein B | ||||||
| T. aestivum | GRF 3 | |||||||
| Saccharum sp. | GRF1 | |||||||
| G. max | Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase chain 4 | |||||||
| miR397 | Saccharum sp. | LAC-10 precursor | ||||||
| O. sativa | LACs | |||||||
| miR398 | Saccharum sp. | Selenium binding protein | ||||||
| miR408 | O. sativa | SPX, BCP | ||||||
| miR444 | O. sativa | MADS-box TFs | ||||||
| H. vulgare | MIKC-type MADS-box TFs | |||||||
| miR474 | O. sativa | PPR, protein kinase, kinesin, leucine-rich repeat | ||||||
| miR482 | T. aestivum | Transmembrane proton gradient regulation | ||||||
| miR528 | O. sativa | IAR1, CBP/Plastocyanin-like domain containing protein | ||||||
| O. sativa | OsDCL1 | |||||||
| Saccharum sp. | Putative LAC | |||||||
| miR529 | O. sativa | SBP-box gene family | ||||||
| miR530-3p | O. sativa | Hairpin-induced protein 1 domain containing protein | ||||||
| miR809 | O. sativa | Glutaredoxin 2, putative, PPR repeat containing protein | ||||||
| miR827 | T. aestivum | NLA | ||||||
| miR1318 | O. sativa | Calcium binding proteins or Calcium ATPases | ||||||
| miR1428 | O. sativa | Cytochrome c | ||||||
| miR1432 | O. sativa | Calcium binding proteins or Calcium ATPases | ||||||
| miR1884 | O. sativa | AAA ATPase | ||||||
| miR2871 | O. sativa | GT family protein | ||||||
| miR5049 | T. aestivum | Wpk4 protein kinase | ||||||
| miR5175 | H. vulgare | ACC-like oxidase | ||||||
In the table differential expression pattern of miRNAs under different abiotic stress environments (salt, drought, high temperature, cold, cadmium, and arsenic) was marked as induced (green box) or repressed (red box) expression. References- Oryza sativa: Ding et al. (2011), Barrera-Figueroa et al. (2012), Zhou et al. (2010), Xia et al. (2012), Liu and Zhang (2012); Triticum aestivum: Xin et al. (2010), Pandey et al. (2014), Akdogan et al. (2015); Saccharam: Bottino et al. (2013), Gentile et al. (2015); Glycine max: Li et al. (2011); Hordium vulgare: Deng et al. (2015), Hackenberg et al. (2015), Kruszka et al. (2014).