Contributors: Laboratoire Génome et développement des plantes (LGDP); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Ecoépidémiologie évolutionniste LBBE; Département écologie évolutive LBBE; Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE); Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL); Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL); Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE); Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Etude de la dynamique des protéomes (EDyP); Laboratoire de Biologie à Grande Échelle (BGE - UMR S1038); Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 )-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG); Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)); Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)); Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 )-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG); Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA); Institute for Advanced Biosciences / Institut pour l'Avancée des Biosciences (Grenoble) (IAB); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire CHU Grenoble (CHUGA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Etablissement français du sang - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (EFS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 ); ANR-11-LABX-0024,ParaFrap,Alliance française contre les maladies parasitaires(2011)
Abstract: International audience ; Repeated sequence expression and transposable element mobilization are tightly controlled by multilayer processes, which include DNA 5 0-cytosine methylation. The RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway, which uses siRNAs to guide sequence-specific directed DNA methylation, emerged specifically in plants. RdDM ensures DNA methylation maintenance on asymmetric CHH sites and specifically initiates de novo methyla-tion in all cytosine sequence contexts through the action of DRM DNA methyltransferases, of which DRM2 is the most prominent. The RdDM pathway has been well described, but how DRM2 is recruited onto DNA targets and associates with other RdDM factors remains unknown. To address these questions, we developed biochemical approaches to allow the identification of factors that may escape genetic screens, such as proteins encoded by multigenic families. Through both conventional and affinity purification of DRM2, we identified DEAD box RNA helicases U2AF56 Associated Protein 56 (UAP56a/b), which are widespread among eukary-otes, as new DRM2 partners. We have shown that, similar to DRM2 and other RdDM actors, UAP56 has chromatin-associated protein properties. We confirmed this association both in vitro and in vivo in reproductive tissues. In addition, our experiments also suggest that UAP56 may exhibit differential distribution in cells depending on plant organ. While originally identified for its role in splicing, our study suggests that UAP56 may also have other roles, and our findings allow us to initiate discussion about its potential role in the RdDM pathway. In plants, DNA methylation is maintained by a sophisticated network involving the cooperation of several specialized DNA methyltransferases targeting cytosines in specific sequence contexts [1]. Three distinct families of DNA methyltransferases cooperate to ensure cytosine methylation maintenance in plants. The first one is MET1, which is a conserved DNA methyltransferase homologous to mammalian DNMT1, which targets ...
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