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. 2022 Mar 4;2022:9349897. doi: 10.1155/2022/9349897

Table 4.

Fatty acids, other compound biosynthesis, and miRNA.

Botanical name Common name Family miRNA Target Function References
Lonicera japonica Thunb. Honeysuckle Caprifoliaceae U436803 Acyl-CoA synthetase, acyl carrier protein, fatty acid hydroxylase Fatty acid biosynthesis [2]
U977315
U805963
Paeonia × suffruticosa Andrews Tree peony Paeoniaceae miR156 b 1-Acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase Fatty acid biosynthesis [98]
Corynespora cassiicola Cucumber Corynesporascaceae Novel-miR1 4-Coumarate: CoA ligase, Phenylpropanoid synthesis [15]
Novel-miR1-novel-miR7 Novel-miR2 S-Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase
Novel-miR3 Peroxidase
Novel-miR4 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase
Novel-miR5 Pleiotropic drug resistance protein
Novel-miR6 Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase family
Novel-miR7 Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase
Podophyllum hexandrum Royle May apple Berberidaceae miR2673a MYB F1, WRKY37 [99]
miR396b Flavonol synthase
UDP glycosyltransferase
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Ashwagandha Solanaceae miR5140 Cycloartenol synthase (CAS1), sterol delta-7 reductase 1 Withanolide biosynthesis [100]
miR159 CYP82G
miR477 Zeatin o-glycosyl transferase (UGTs)
miR530 Secoisolariciresinol dehydrogenase (ABA2)
Nicotiana tabacum L. Tobacco Solanaceae miRn24 Branched-chain amino acid transaminase 3 (BCAT3) Glucosinolate biosynthesis [53]
Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Thale cress Brassicaceae miR826 Alkenyl hydroxyalkyl producing 2 (AOP2) Transgenic approach [49, 101]
miR5090∗
Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex C.B.Clarke Chiretta Gentianaceae miR-168 Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase (AACT), aspartate aminotransferase (PHAT) premnaspirodiene oxygenase (PSO) Secondary metabolites biosynthesis [23]
miR-11320 miR166a Ribulose-phosphate 3-epimerase (RPE)
miR-11071 miR-156a miR-166b Phosphoglycerate mutase (PGM)
Gene encoding homeobox-leucine zipper protein (HD-ZIP)
Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Thale cress Brassicaceae miR826 Alkenyl hydroxyalkyl producing 2 (AOP2) Glucosinolate biosynthesis [49]
miR5090
Solanum tuberosum L. Potato Solanaceae miR6023, miR6024 and miR6027 Alkaloid metabolism, UMP salvage, lipid biosynthesis, and cellulose catabolism; glycoalkaloid metabolism via JA signaling pathway UDP-glucose biosynthesis [34]
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge Red sage Lamiaceae miR5072 Acetyl-CoA Tanshinones biosynthesis [78]
C-acetyl transferase
Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni Candyleaf Asteraceae miR319g miRstv_11 KO, UGT85C2, KS, KAH Steviol glycoside biosynthesis [83]
Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth. Kutki Plantaginaceae miRNA-4995 One enzyme involved in biosynthesis of terpenoids Picroside-I (iridoid glycoside) [73]