Genome-wide Transcriptome and Proteome Profiling Indicate an Active Role of Alternative

The dramatic switch from skotomorphogenic to photomorphogenic development is an excellent system to elucidate both light signal transduction pathways and rapid developmental response to environmental stimuli in plants. To decipher the effects of various wavelengths of light on de-etiolation, we illuminated etiolated maize seedlings with blue, red, blue-red mixed and white light. We found that blue light alone has the strongest effect on photomorphogenic development based on several physiological indices and it can be attributed to the higher number and expression levels of photosynthesis and chlorosynthesis proteins. Deep sequencing-based transcriptome analysis revealed gene expression changes under different light treatments and a genome-wide alteration in alternative splicing (AS) profiles.