SKI2 mediates degradation of RISC 5’-cleavage fragments and prevents secondary siRNA production from miRNA targets in Arabidopsis. SKI2 mediates degradation of RISC 5’-cleavage fragments and prevents secondary siRNA production from miRNA targets in Arabidopsis

A loss-of-function mutant in the SKI2 helicase in Arabidopsis was shown to accumulate 5'-cleavage fragments of several miRNA targets. Small RNAs in ski2 single and ski2/rdr6 double mutants (two biological replicates of each genotype) were next analysed by NGS. The data show that several miRNA targets produce RDR6-dependent siRNAs upon inactivation of SKI2. Files containing these NGS data are deposited here. Seeds were surface sterilized and germinated on MS medium for 2 weeks. The seedlings were grown on soil until flowering stage in a 16h light period. The inflorescences were harvested and used to prepare RNA. Small RNA libraries were prepared using the NEBnext Multiplex small RNA library prep kit for Illumina sequencing.