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Table 4 Differentially expressed novel miRNAs associated with grain development and their target gene functions

From: Identification of microRNAs in developing wheat grain that are potentially involved in regulating grain characteristics and the response to nitrogen levels

Grian filling stages

miRNA

Abundance (RPM)

P- value

Abundance (RPM)

P- value

Target function

LN-7

LN-17

LN-27

HN-7

HN-17

HN-27

Relative abundance during grain filling stages (RAGS)

tae-miR2916-p5_2ss2AG17TG

1070

3667

9557

2.49E-06

1610

2067

2868

1.52E-05

protein serine/threonine kinase; glutathione S-transferase (GSTF)1; DELLA

tae-miR2916-p3_2ss2TC17CA

2518

7110

27,736

5.92E-08

3507

4610

7049

1.66E-06

Peroxidase; fructose-bisphosphate aldolase; GTPase

tae-miR9655-p5

2936

24,657

11,329

2.48E-05

668

20,120

11,554

1.30E-09

transcription factor; oxidation-reduction

Relative abundance at early stages(RAES)

tae-miR166d-p3

107

46

70

5.58E-03

83

56

80

1.97E-02

cell differentiation; kinesin-1-like protein PSS1

PC-5p-30718_164

39

7

0

6.33E-05

49

2

15

4.94E-05

BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1; 1,3-beta-D-glucan synthase

tae-miR815c-p5_2ss6CT21CT

107

92

21

3.62E-04

121

61

51

4.76E-04

UDP-arabinose 4-epimerase 1-like; transcription factor TGA2-like; Dnaj

tae-miR9662b-p5

128

34

15

5.04E-07

153

31

18

4.56E-05

beta-fructofuranosidase

tae-miR9662a-p5

95

62

46

5.53E-04

112

77

67

3.96E-02

beta-fructofuranosidase;

tae-miR9672b-p5

125

33

0

1.57E-04

94

30

10

1.65E-03

LRR receptor-like serine/threonine-protein kinase FLS2-like

tae-miR9779-p3

244

40

11

1.15E-03

361

43

93

9.91E-04

hexose transmembrane transport

Relative abundance at middle stages (RAMS)

tae-miR5384-p5

577

627

132

7.30E-06

579

686

489

1.07E-03

UDP-glycosyltransferase 83A1-like; ethylene-responsive transcription factor 1B

PC-5p-3645_2157

33

175

148

1.88E-05

41

154

105

1.81E-05

Metalloendopeptidase; SCF ubiquitin ligase

PC-3p-4780_1750

4

231

101

3.90E-05

0

135

104

1.09E-06

aspartic endopeptidase; transcription factor

PC-5p-24289_247

2

23

3

1.20E-03

0

26

16

6.58E-04

NEDD8-specific protease; protein ECERIFERUM 1-like

PC-5p-18073_397

0

66

26

3.34E-03

0

69

26

3.51E-06

beta-glucosidase; BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1-like

PC-3p-21502_303

23

34

0

1.30E-03

38

30

25

1.03E-02

Metalloendopeptidase; aspartic-type endopeptidase;MYB

tae-miR164-p3

68

159

143

1.24E-03

57

165

131

3.76E-03

auxin response factor 3-like; transcription factor IIB

tae-miR164b-p3

16

62

18

1.71E-03

16

40

21

3.79E-03

auxin response factor 2-like; high-affinity nitrate transporter 2.1-like

tae-miR1137a-p5_2ss9GA20GC

0

28

2

3.31E-02

0

13

2

1.77E-03

DNA mismatch repair protein MSH6

tae-miR2275-p5

0

26

13

1.82E-04

0

28

2

1.66E-04

LRR receptor-like serine/threonine-protein kinase FLS2; BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1

PC-5p-21100_312

0

35

17

2.14E-03

0

27

9

2.75E-03

glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; protein gar2

PC-3p-15070_514

0

61

25

7.94E-04

0

44

41

2.64E-06

transcription factor

tae-miR9653b-p3

6

36

5

8.36E-03

20

21

0

5.81E-04

protein binding

PC-3p-11233_746

38

65

9

6.74E-05

22

58

33

1.38E-02

Metalloendopeptidase

PC-3p-16735_445

10

43

13

3.99E-06

0

38

23

1.72E-05

O-acyltransferase WSD1-like

PC-5p-12716_642

0

101

75

1.14E-04

0

111

79

6.00E-04

MAPK cascade; BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1

tae-miR6300-p5

23

312

268

4.86E-05

25

258

253

1.42E-05

protein RPM1; response to nitrate

Relative abundance at later stages (RALS)

tae-miR2592bj-p3_2ss12TC19AT

82

193

380

6.17E-04

114

217

135

4.57E-04

protein serine/threonine phosphatase; transporter; protein RPM1-like

PC-5p-31845_154

0

8

21

4.35E-03

0

8

11

5.36E-03

receptor-like serine/threonine-protein kinase SD1–6

PC-5p-1231_4743

52

260

372

1.48E-06

40

339

453

1.35E-07

serine-type endopeptidase

PC-5p-13909_573

0

47

66

6.93E-05

0

42

56

7.87E-05

GTPase

PC-3p-13925_573

17

11

55

1.16E-06

5

9

87

6.72E-06

serine-type carboxypeptidase; valine-tRNA ligase

tae-miR408-p5_1ss20GA

–

16

17

5.81E-04

–

16

22

9.12E-03

BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1

  1. aAbundance is represented by normalized reads (reads per million of total miRNA reads (RPM))
  2. bRPM ≥20 in these libraries
  3. cThe values are the means of three biological replicates
  4. dP-value < 0.05 (5.00E-02) means a significant difference among different developmental stages