title: Euchromatic subdomains in rice centromeres are associated with genes and transcription.
abstract: The presence of the centromere-specific histone H3 variant, CENH3, defines centromeric (CEN) chromatin, but poorly understood epigenetic mechanisms determine its establishment and maintenance. CEN chromatin is embedded within pericentromeric heterochromatin in most higher eukaryotes, but, interestingly, it can show euchromatic characteristics; for example, the euchromatic histone modification mark dimethylated H3 Lys 4 (H3K4me2) is uniquely associated with animal centromeres. To examine the histone marks and chromatin properties of plant centromeres, we developed a genomic tiling array for four fully sequenced rice (Oryza sativa) centromeres and used chromatin immunoprecipitation-chip to study the patterns of four euchromatic histone modification marks: H3K4me2, trimethylated H3 Lys 4, trimethylated H3 Lys 36, and acetylated H3 Lys 4, 9. The vast majority of the four histone marks were associated with genes located in the H3 subdomains within the centromere cores. We demonstrate that H3K4me2 is not a ubiquitous component of rice CEN chromatin, and the euchromatic characteristics of rice CEN chromatin are hallmarks of the transcribed sequences embedded in the centromeric H3 subdomains. We propose that the transcribed sequences located in rice centromeres may provide a barrier preventing loading of CENH3 into the H3 subdomains. The separation of CENH3 and H3 subdomains in the centromere core may be favorable for the formation of three-dimensional centromere structure and for rice centromere function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Yufeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Huihuang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Wenli
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: A Leonardo
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Iniguez
authors.forename: Jiming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D002503:Centromere / Q000235:genetics*; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant; D022041:Euchromatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017343:Genes, Plant; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008239:Lysine; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D022041:Euchromatin; D006657:Histones; D008239:Lysine
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