Dual chromatin recognition by the histone deacetylase complex HCHC is required for proper DNA methylation in Neurospora crassa.
DNA methylation, heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1), histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) methylation, histone deacetylation, and highly repeated sequences are prototypical heterochromatic features, but their interrelationships are not fully understood. Prior work showed that H3K9 methylation directs DNA methylation and histone deacetylation via HP1 in Neurospora crassa and that the histone deacetylase complex HCHC is required for proper DNA methylation. The complex consists of the chromodomain proteins HP1 and chromodomain protein 2 (CDP-2), the histone deacetylase HDA-1, and the AT-hook motif protein CDP-2/HDA-1-associated protein (CHAP). We show that the complex is required for proper chromosome segregation, dissect its function, and characterize interactions among its components. Our analyses revealed the existence of an HP1-based DNA methylation pathway independent of its chromodomain. The pathway partially depends on CHAP but not on the CDP-2 chromodomain. CDP-2 serves as a bridge between the recognition of H3K9 trimethylation (H3K9me3) by HP1 and the histone deacetylase activity of HDA-1. CHAP is also critical for HDA-1 localization to heterochromatin. Specifically, the CHAP zinc finger interacts directly with the HDA-1 argonaute-binding protein 2 (Arb2) domain, and the CHAP AT-hook motifs recognize heterochromatic regions by binding to AT-rich DNA. Our data shed light on the interrelationships among the prototypical heterochromatic features and support a model in which dual recognition by the HP1 chromodomain and the CHAP AT-hooks are required for proper heterochromatin formation.
Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
Shinji
S
Honda
Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403.
Vincent T
VT
Bicocca
Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403.
Jordan D
JD
Gessaman
Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403.
Michael R
MR
Rountree
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
Ayumi
A
Yokoyama
Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403.
Eun Y
EY
Yu
Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403.
Jeanne M L
JM
Selker
Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403; selker@uoregon.edu.
Eric U
EU
Selker
DNA methylation; H3K9 methylation; HP1; heterochromatin; histone deacetylation
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