title: The HIRA complex that deposits the histone H3.3 is conserved in Arabidopsis and facilitates transcriptional dynamics.
abstract: In animals, replication-independent incorporation of nucleosomes containing the histone variant H3.3 enables global reprogramming of histone modifications and transcriptional profiles. H3.3 enrichment over gene bodies correlates with gene transcription in animals and plants. In animals, H3.3 is deposited into chromatin by specific protein complexes, including the HIRA complex. H3.3 variants evolved independently and acquired similar properties in animals and plants, questioning how the H3.3 deposition machinery evolved in plants and what are its biological functions. We performed phylogenetic analyses in the plant kingdom and identified in Arabidopsis all orthologs of human genes encoding members of the HIRA complex. Genetic analyses, biochemical data and protein localisation suggest that these proteins form a complex able to interact with H3.3 in Arabidopsis in a manner similar to that described in mammals. In contrast to animals, where HIRA is required for fertilization and early development, loss of function of HIRA in Arabidopsis causes mild phenotypes in the adult plant and does not perturb sexual reproduction and embryogenesis. Rather, HIRA function is required for transcriptional reprogramming during dedifferentiation of plant cells that precedes vegetative propagation and for the appropriate transcription of genes responsive to biotic and abiotic factors. We conclude that the molecular function of the HIRA complex is conserved between plants and animals. Yet plants diversified HIRA functions to enable asexual reproduction and responsiveness to the environment in response to the plant sessile lifestyle.
authors.affiliation: Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, 117604 Singapore Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, 117543 Singapore.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.affiliation: Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, 117604 Singapore Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, 117543 Singapore.
authors.forename: Haifeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, 117604 Singapore Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, 117543 Singapore.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, 117604 Singapore.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holec
authors.affiliation: Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, 117604 Singapore Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, 117543 Singapore fred@tll.org.sg.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berger
keywords: Arabidopsis; Chromatin; Differentiation; Histone modification; Histone variant
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