transkripsi dari gen. Jenis molekul RNA baru ini terlibat dalam berbagai proses regulasi
metabolisme, perkembangan dan kondisi stres pada tanaman. Namun mekanisme detil
terkait hal tersebut masih perlu digali melalui penelitian [12]. Penelitian terkait lncRNAs
pada tanaman pun masih terbatas pada Arabidopsis thaliana, Zea mays, Triticum aestivum,
dan Oryza sativa [13]. Uniknya, pada fungsi-fungsi tertentu seperti respon terhadap stres,
RNA untai panjang ini tidak conserved di antara beberapa spesies tanaman dan menjadi ciri
khas dari tanaman gandum (Triticum aestivum) [14].
Sayangnya, penelitian terkait RNA untai panjang tersebut belum dirintis pada tanaman
perkebunan. Akan tetapi, besar kemungkinan bahwa subyek tersebut akan segera digali
mengingat uniknya karakter yang dimiliki RNA untai panjang tersebut. Terlebih RNA untai
panjang tersebut berperan dalam regulasi epigenetik melalui mekanisme yang berbeda
dengan RNA mikro [15]. Idealnya, sebagai contoh, pemahaman akan regulasi RNA untai
panjang pada tanaman kelapa sawit akan mampu mengungkap rahasia dibalik variasi
somaklonal yang telah diungkapkan diatas.
protein seperti RNA kecil yang didalamnya terkandung RNA mikro (miRNA), serta RNA
untai panjang (lncRNAs) (Gambar 1).
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