Origination and Function of Plant Pseudogenes

Jianbo Xie; Sisi Chen; Weijie Xu; Yiyang Zhao; Deqiang Zhang

doi:10.1080/15592324.2019.1625698

Origination and Function of Plant Pseudogenes

Plant Signal Behav. 2019;14(8):1625698. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2019.1625698. Epub 2019 Jun 4.

Authors

Jianbo Xie^{1

2}, Sisi Chen^{1

2}, Weijie Xu^{1

2}, Yiyang Zhao^{1

2}, Deqiang Zhang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ a National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology , Beijing Forestry University , Beijing , P. R. China.
² b Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology , Beijing Forestry University , Beijing , P. R. China.

Abstract

Pseudogenes, nonfunctional genomic sequences derived from functional protein-coding genes, form by duplication or retrotransposition, and loss of gene function by disabling mutations. Studies on the evolution and functional aspects of plant pseudogenes are limited, despite their abundance in the plant genome. To date, most researches on pseudogenes focus on mammals. Here, we summarized current knowledge on pseudogenes including the historical and recent progress, analyzes their essential roles in gene regulation in hope of further stimulating researches in plant species for understanding gene regulation and evolution.

Keywords: Pseudogene; evolution; function; noncoding RNAs; origin.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Evolution, Molecular
Gene Expression Regulation / genetics
Gene Expression Regulation / physiology
Genome, Plant / genetics*
Humans
Mutation / genetics
Pseudogenes / genetics*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2018ZY32]; Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST [2018QNRC001]; the Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31670333]; the Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31600537]; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization [SPU 2018-01].