Journal
MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS
Volume 290, Issue 3, Pages 1027-1037Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0973-7
Keywords
Onion (Allium cepa L.); Transposable elements; Next-generation sequencing; LTR retrotransposons; DNA transposons
Funding
- Vegetable Breeding Research Center through Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Research Center Support Program [710001-07-4]
- Golden Seed Project, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs [213003-04-1-SB910]
- Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program (Plant Molecular Breeding Center) [PJ007992]
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Intact retrotransposon and DNA transposons inserted in a single gene were characterized in onions (Allium cepa) and their transcription and copy numbers were estimated in this study. While analyzing diverse onion germplasm, large insertions in the DFR-A gene encoding dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) involved in the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway were found in two accessions. A 5,070-bp long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon inserted in the active DFR-A (R4) allele was identified from one of the large insertions and designated AcCOPIA1. An intact ORF encoded typical domains of copia-like LTR retrotransposons. However, AcCOPIA1 contained atypical 'TG' and 'TA' dinucleotides at the ends of the LTRs. A 4,615-bp DNA transposon was identified in the other large insertion. This DNA transposon, designated AcCACTA1, contained an ORF coding for a transposase showing homology with the CACTA superfamily transposable elements (TEs). Another 5,073-bp DNA transposon was identified from the DFR-A (TRN) allele. This DNA transposon, designated AchAT1, belonged to the hAT superfamily with short 4-bp terminal inverted repeats (TIRs). Finally, a 6,258-bp non-autonomous DNA transposon, designated AcPINK, was identified in the ANS-p allele encoding anthocyanidin synthase, the next downstream enzyme to DFR in the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway. AcPINK also possessed very short 3-bp TIRs. Active transcription of AcCOPIA1, AcCACTA1, and AchAT1 was observed through RNA-Seq analysis and RT-PCR. The copy numbers of AcPINK estimated by mapping the genomic DNA reads produced by NextSeq 500 were predominantly high compared with the other TEs. A series of evidence indicated that these TEs might have transposed in these onion genes very recently, providing a steppingstone for elucidation of enormously large-sized onion genome structure.
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