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Tycko J, Van MV, Aradhana, DelRosso N, Ye H, Yao D, Valbuena R, Vaughan-Jackson A, Xu X, Ludwig C, Spees K, Liu K, Gu M, Khare V, Mukund AX, Suzuki PH, Arana S, Zhang C, Du PP, Ornstein TS, Hess GT, Kamber RA, Qi LS, Khalil AS, Bintu L, Bassik MC. Development of compact transcriptional effectors using high-throughput measurements in diverse contexts. Nat Biotechnol 2024:10.1038/s41587-024-02442-6. [PMID: 39487265 PMCID: PMC12043968 DOI: 10.1038/s41587-024-02442-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2024] [Indexed: 11/04/2024]
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Transcriptional effectors are protein domains known to activate or repress gene expression; however, a systematic understanding of which effector domains regulate transcription across genomic, cell type and DNA-binding domain (DBD) contexts is lacking. Here we develop dCas9-mediated high-throughput recruitment (HT-recruit), a pooled screening method for quantifying effector function at endogenous target genes and test effector function for a library containing 5,092 nuclear protein Pfam domains across varied contexts. We also map context dependencies of effectors drawn from unannotated protein regions using a larger library tiling chromatin regulators and transcription factors. We find that many effectors depend on target and DBD contexts, such as HLH domains that can act as either activators or repressors. To enable efficient perturbations, we select context-robust domains, including ZNF705 KRAB, that improve CRISPRi tools to silence promoters and enhancers. We engineer a compact human activator called NFZ, by combining NCOA3, FOXO3 and ZNF473 domains, which enables efficient CRISPRa with better viral delivery and inducible control of chimeric antigen receptor T cells.
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- Josh Tycko
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biological Design Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biological Design Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biological Design Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry and Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Sarafan ChEM-H, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biological Design Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Sarafan ChEM-H, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Sanchez ER, Price RJ, Marangelli F, McLeary K, Harrison RJ, Kundu A. Overexpression of Vitis GRF4-GIF1 improves regeneration efficiency in diploid Fragaria vesca Hawaii 4. PLANT METHODS 2024; 20:160. [PMID: 39420380 PMCID: PMC11488064 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-024-01270-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 09/09/2024] [Indexed: 10/19/2024]
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BACKGROUND Plant breeding played a very important role in transforming strawberries from being a niche crop with a small geographical footprint into an economically important crop grown across the planet. But even modern marker assisted breeding takes a considerable amount of time, over multiple plant generations, to produce a plant with desirable traits. As a quicker alternative, plants with desirable traits can be raised through tissue culture by doing precise genetic manipulations. Overexpression of morphogenic regulators previously known for meristem development, the transcription factors Growth-Regulating Factors (GRFs) and the GRF-Interacting Factors (GIFs), provided an efficient strategy for easier regeneration and transformation in multiple crops. RESULTS We present here a comprehensive protocol for the diploid strawberry Fragaria vesca Hawaii 4 (strawberry) regeneration and transformation under control condition as compared to ectopic expression of different GRF4-GIF1 chimeras from different plant species. We report that ectopic expression of Vitis vinifera VvGRF4-GIF1 provides significantly higher regeneration efficiency during re-transformation over wild-type plants. On the other hand, deregulated expression of miRNA resistant version of VvGRF4-GIF1 or Triticum aestivum (wheat) TaGRF4-GIF1 resulted in abnormalities. Transcriptomic analysis between the different chimeric GRF4-GIF1 lines indicate that differential expression of FvExpansin might be responsible for the observed pleiotropic effects. Similarly, cytokinin dehydrogenase/oxygenase and cytokinin responsive response regulators also showed differential expression indicating GRF4-GIF1 pathway playing important role in controlling cytokinin homeostasis. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that ectopic expression of Vitis vinifera VvGRF4-GIF1 chimera can provide significant advantage over wild-type plants during strawberry regeneration without producing any pleiotropic effects seen for the miRNA resistant VvGRF4-GIF1 or TaGRF4-GIF1.
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- Esther Rosales Sanchez
- Crop Science Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK
- NIAB, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK
- Centre for Trophoblast Research, Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3DY, UK
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- Crop Science Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK
- NIAB, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK
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- NIAB, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK.
- Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, 6708 PB, Netherlands.
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Kishore Sahoo R, Jeughale KP, Sarkar S, Selvaraj S, Singh NR, Swain N, Balasubramaniasai C, Chidambaranathan P, Katara JL, Nayak AK, Samantaray S. Growing Conditions and Varietal Ecologies Differently Regulates the Growth-regulating-factor (GRFs) Gene Family in Rice. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 22:e3697. [PMID: 38827337 PMCID: PMC11139448 DOI: 10.30498/ijb.2024.394984.3697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
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Background Growth-regulating factors (GRFs) are crucial in rice for controlling plant growth and development. Among the rice cultivation practices, aerobic methods are water efficient but result in significant yield reduction relative to non-aerobic cultivation. Therefore, mechanistic insights into aerobic rice cultivation are important for improving the aerobic performance of rice. Objectives This study aimed to examine the evolution of GRFs in different rice species, analyse the phenotypic differences between aerobic and non-aerobic conditions in three rice varieties, and assess the expression of GRFs in these varieties under both aerobic and non-aerobic conditions. Materials and Methods This study comprehensively examined the GRFs gene family in 11 rice species (Oryza barthii, Oryza brachyantha, Oryza glaberrima, Oryza glumipatula, Oryza sativa subsp. indica, Oryza longistaminata, Oryza meridionalis, Oryza nivara, Oryza punctata, Oryza rufipogon, Oryza sativa subsp. japonica) focusing on phylogenetic analysis. Additionally, the expression patterns of 12 GRFs were investigated in three distinct genotypes of O. sativa subsp. indica rice, under both non-aerobic and aerobic conditions. Results Three major phylogenetic clades were formed based on conserved motifs in the 123 GRFs proteins in eleven rice species. Further, novel motifs were identified especially in O. longistaminata indicative of the species level evolutionary differences in rice. Among the trait performance, the number of tillers was reduced by ~ 36% under aerobic conditions, but the reduction was found to be less in CR Dhan 201, an aerobic variety. Besides, three GRFs namely GRF3, GRF4, and GRF7 were found to be distinct in expression between aerobic and non-aerobic conditions. Conclusion Three GRF genes namely GRF3, GRF4, and GRF7 could be associated with the aerobic adaptation in rice.
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- Raj Kishore Sahoo
- Crop Improvement Division, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India
- Department of Botany, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India
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- Crop Production Division, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India
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Liu Y, Guo P, Wang J, Xu ZY. Growth-regulating factors: conserved and divergent roles in plant growth and development and potential value for crop improvement. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 113:1122-1145. [PMID: 36582168 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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High yield and stress resistance are the major prerequisites for successful crop cultivation, and can be achieved by modifying plant architecture. Evolutionarily conserved growth-regulating factors (GRFs) control the growth of different tissues and organs of plants. Here, we provide a systematic overview of the expression patterns of GRF genes and the structural features of GRF proteins in different plant species. Moreover, we illustrate the conserved and divergent roles of GRFs, microRNA396 (miR396), and GRF-interacting factors (GIFs) in leaf, root, and flower development. We also describe the molecular networks involving the miR396-GRF-GIF module, and illustrate how this module coordinates with different signaling molecules and transcriptional regulators to control development of different plant species. GRFs promote leaf growth, accelerate grain filling, and increase grain size and weight. We also provide some molecular insight into how coordination between GRFs and other signaling modules enhances crop productivity; for instance, how the GRF-DELLA interaction confers yield-enhancing dwarfism while increasing grain yield. Finally, we discuss how the GRF-GIF chimera substantially improves plant transformation efficiency by accelerating shoot formation. Overall, we systematically review the conserved and divergent roles of GRFs and the miR396-GRF-GIF module in growth regulation, and also provide insights into how GRFs can be utilized to improve the productivity and nutrient content of crop plants.
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- Yutong Liu
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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Li G, Chen Y, Zhao X, Yang J, Wang X, Li X, Hu S, Hou H. Genome-Wide Analysis of the Growth-Regulating Factor (GRF) Family in Aquatic Plants and Their Roles in the ABA-Induced Turion Formation of Spirodela polyrhiza. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810485. [PMID: 36142399 PMCID: PMC9499638 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Growth-regulating factors (GRFs) are plant-specific transcription factors that play essential roles in regulating plant growth and stress response. The GRF gene families have been described in several terrestrial plants, but a comprehensive analysis of these genes in diverse aquatic species has not been reported yet. In this study, we identified 130 GRF genes in 13 aquatic plants, including floating plants (Azolla filiculoides, Wolffia australiana, Lemna minuta, Spirodela intermedia, and Spirodela polyrhiza), floating-leaved plants (Nymphaea colorata and Euryale ferox), submersed plants (Zostera marina, Ceratophyllum demersum, Aldrovanda vesiculosa, and Utricularia gibba), an emergent plant (Nelumbo nucifera), and an amphibious plant (Cladopus chinensis). The gene structures, motifs, and cis-acting regulatory elements of these genes were analyzed. Phylogenetic analysis divided these GRFs into five clusters, and ABRE cis-elements were highly enriched in the promoter region of the GRFs in floating plants. We found that abscisic acid (ABA) is efficient at inducing the turion of Spirodela polyrhiza (giant duckweed), accompanied by the fluctuated expression of SpGRF genes in their fronds. Our results provide information about the GRF gene family in aquatic species and lay the foundation for future studies on the functions of these genes.
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- Gaojie Li
- The State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
- Correspondence: (J.Y.); (H.H.)
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- The State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Zhejiang Marine Development Research Institute, Zhoushan 316021, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Correspondence: (J.Y.); (H.H.)
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Bylino OV, Ibragimov AN, Digilio FA, Giordano E, Shidlovskii YV. Application of the 3C Method to Study the Developmental Genes in Drosophila Larvae. Front Genet 2022; 13:734208. [PMID: 35910225 PMCID: PMC9335292 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.734208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A transition from one developmental stage to another is accompanied by activation of developmental programs and corresponding gene ensembles. Changes in the spatial conformation of the corresponding loci are associated with this activation and can be investigated with the help of the Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) methodology. Application of 3C to specific developmental stages is a sophisticated task. Here, we describe the use of the 3C method to study the spatial organization of developmental loci in Drosophila larvae. We critically analyzed the existing protocols and offered our own solutions and the optimized protocol to overcome limitations. To demonstrate the efficiency of our procedure, we studied the spatial organization of the developmental locus Dad in 3rd instar Drosophila larvae. Differences in locus conformation were found between embryonic cells and living wild-type larvae. We also observed the establishment of novel regulatory interactions in the presence of an adjacent transgene upon activation of its expression in larvae. Our work fills the gap in the application of the 3C method to Drosophila larvae and provides a useful guide for establishing 3C on an animal model.
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- Oleg V. Bylino
- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Biology and General Genetics, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- *Correspondence: Yulii V. Shidlovskii,
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Phase transition and remodeling complex assembly are important for SS18-SSX oncogenic activity in synovial sarcomas. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2724. [PMID: 35585082 PMCID: PMC9117659 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30447-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Oncoprotein SS18-SSX is a hallmark of synovial sarcomas. However, as a part of the SS18-SSX fusion protein, SS18’s function remains unclear. Here, we depict the structures of both human SS18/BRG1 and yeast SNF11/SNF2 subcomplexes. Both subcomplexes assemble into heterodimers that share a similar conformation, suggesting that SNF11 might be a homologue of SS18 in chromatin remodeling complexes. Importantly, our study shows that the self-association of the intrinsically disordered region, QPGY domain, leads to liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of SS18 or SS18-SSX and the subsequent recruitment of BRG1 into phase-separated condensates. Moreover, our results show that the tyrosine residues in the QPGY domain play a decisive role in the LLPS of SS18 or SS18-SSX. Perturbations of either SS18-SSX LLPS or SS18-SSX’s binding to BRG1 impair NIH3T3 cell transformation by SS18-SSX. Our data demonstrate that both LLPS and assembling into chromatin remodelers contribute to the oncogenic activity of SS18-SSX in synovial sarcomas. Oncoprotein SS18-SSX is a hallmark of synovial sarcoma. Here the authors report phase separation of SS18-SSX and the binding of SS18-SSX to chromatin remodeling complex are important for the transformation activity of the oncoprotein SS18-SSX.
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Meng L, Li X, Hou Y, Li Y, Hu Y. Functional conservation and divergence in plant-specific GRF gene family revealed by sequences and expression analysis. Open Life Sci 2022; 17:155-171. [PMID: 35350448 PMCID: PMC8919827 DOI: 10.1515/biol-2022-0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Unique to plants, growth regulatory factors (GRFs) play important roles in plant growth and reproduction. This study investigated the evolutionary and functional characteristics associated with plant growth. Using genome-wide analysis of 15 plant species, 173 members of the GRF family were identified and phylogenetically categorized into six groups. All members contained WRC and QLQ conserved domains, and the family’s expansion largely depended on segmental duplication. The promoter region of the GRF gene family mainly contained four types of cis-acting elements (light-responsive elements, development-related elements, hormone-responsive elements, and environmental stress-related elements) that are mainly related to gene expression levels. Functional divergence analysis revealed that changes in amino acid site evolution rate played a major role in the differentiation of the GRF gene family, with ten significant sites identified. Six significant sites were identified for positive selection. Moreover, the four groups of coevolutionary sites identified may play a key role in regulating the transcriptional activation of the GRF protein. Expression profiles revealed that GRF genes were generally highly expressed in young plant tissues and had tissue or organ expression specificity, demonstrating their functional conservation with distinct divergence. The results of these sequence and expression analyses are expected to provide molecular evolutionary and functional references for the plant GRF gene family.
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- Lingyan Meng
- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048 , China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048 , China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048 , China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048 , China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048 , China
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Zhang B, Tong Y, Luo K, Zhai Z, Liu X, Shi Z, Zhang D, Li D. Identification of GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR transcription factors in lettuce (Lactuca sativa) genome and functional analysis of LsaGRF5 in leaf size regulation. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:485. [PMID: 34688264 PMCID: PMC8539887 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03261-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs (GRFs), a type of plant-specific transcription factors, play important roles in regulating plant growth and development. Although GRF gene family has been identified in various plant species, a genome-wide analysis of this family in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) has not been reported yet. RESULTS Here we identified 15 GRF genes in lettuce and performed comprehensive analysis of them, including chromosomal locations, gene structures, and conserved motifs. Through phylogenic analysis, we divided LsaGRFs into six groups. Transactivation assays and subcellular localization of LsaGRF5 showed that this protein is likely to act as a transcriptional factor in the cell nucleus. Furthermore, transgenic lettuce lines overexpressing LsaGRF5 exhibited larger leaves, while smaller leaves were observed in LsaMIR396a overexpression lines, in which LsaGRF5 was down-regulated. CONCLUSIONS These results in lettuce provide insight into the molecular mechanism of GRF gene family in regulating leaf growth and development and foundational information for genetic improvement of the lettuce variations specialized in leaf character.
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- Bin Zhang
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, 100097, PR China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing, 100097, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the P. R. China, Beijing, 100097, PR China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, PR China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, 100097, PR China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing, 100097, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the P. R. China, Beijing, 100097, PR China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, PR China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, PR China.
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- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, 100097, PR China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing, 100097, PR China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the P. R. China, Beijing, 100097, PR China.
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Li Z, Xie Q, Yan J, Chen J, Chen Q. Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the Abiotic-Stress-Responsive GRF Gene Family in Diploid Woodland Strawberry ( Fragaria vesca). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:plants10091916. [PMID: 34579449 PMCID: PMC8468544 DOI: 10.3390/plants10091916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Growth regulatory factors (GRF) are plant-specific transcription factors that play an important role in plant resistance to stress. This gene family in strawberry has not been investigated previously. In this study, 10 GRF genes were identified in the genome of the diploid woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca). Chromosome analysis showed that the 10 FvGRF genes were unevenly distributed on five chromosomes. Phylogenetic analysis resolved the FvGRF proteins into five groups. Genes of similar structure were placed in the same group, which was indicative of functional redundance. Whole-genome duplication/segmental duplication and dispersed duplication events effectively promoted expansion of the strawberry GRF gene family. Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR analysis suggested that FvGRF genes played potential roles in the growth and development of vegetative organs. Expression profile analysis revealed that FvGRF3, FvGRF5, and FvGRF7 were up-regulated under low-temperature stress, FvGRF4 and FvGRF9 were up-regulated under high-temperature stress, FvGRF6 and FvGRF8 were up-regulated under drought stress, FvGRF3, FvGRF6, and FvGRF8 were up-regulated under salt stress, FvGRF2, FvGRF7, and FvGRF9 were up-regulated under salicylic acid treatment, and FvGRF3, FvGRF7, FvGRF9, and FvGRF10 were up-regulated under abscisic acid treatment. Promoter analysis indicated that FvGRF genes were involved in plant growth and development and stress response. These results provide a theoretical and empirical foundation for the elucidation of the mechanisms of abiotic stress responses in strawberry.
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- Zhiqi Li
- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (Z.L.); (Q.X.); (J.Y.)
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- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (Z.L.); (Q.X.); (J.Y.)
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- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (Z.L.); (Q.X.); (J.Y.)
- Horticultural Plant Biology and Metabolomices Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (Z.L.); (Q.X.); (J.Y.)
- Correspondence: (J.C.); (Q.C.)
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- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (Z.L.); (Q.X.); (J.Y.)
- Correspondence: (J.C.); (Q.C.)
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Kougnassoukou Tchara PE, Filippakopoulos P, Lambert JP. Emerging tools to investigate bromodomain functions. Methods 2020; 184:40-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2019.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Yuan S, Li Z, Yuan N, Hu Q, Zhou M, Zhao J, Li D, Luo H. MiR396 is involved in plant response to vernalization and flower development in Agrostis stolonifera. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2020; 7:173. [PMID: 33328434 PMCID: PMC7603517 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-00394-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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MicroRNA396 (miR396) has been demonstrated to regulate flower development by targeting growth-regulating factors (GRFs) in annual species. However, its role in perennial grasses and its potential involvement in flowering time control remain unexplored. Here we report that overexpression of miR396 in a perennial species, creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.), alters flower development. Most significantly, transgenic (TG) plants bypass the vernalization requirement for flowering. Gene expression analysis reveals that miR396 is induced by long-day (LD) photoperiod and vernalization. Further study identifies VRN1, VRN2, and VRN3 homologs whose expression patterns in wild-type (WT) plants are similar to those observed in wheat and barley during transition from short-day (SD) to LD, and SD to cold conditions. However, compared to WT controls, TG plants overexpressing miR396 exhibit significantly enhanced VRN1 and VRN3 expression, but repressed VRN2 expression under SD to LD conditions without vernalization, which might be associated with modified expression of methyltransferase genes. Collectively, our results unveil a potentially novel mechanism by which miR396 suppresses the vernalization requirement for flowering which might be related to the epigenetic regulation of VRN genes and provide important new insight into critical roles of a miRNA in regulating vernalization-mediated transition from vegetative to reproductive growth in monocots.
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- Shuangrong Yuan
- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 110 Biosystems Research Complex, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 110 Biosystems Research Complex, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 110 Biosystems Research Complex, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 110 Biosystems Research Complex, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 110 Biosystems Research Complex, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 110 Biosystems Research Complex, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
- Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 110 Biosystems Research Complex, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
- Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and forestry Science, 100097, Beijing, China
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 110 Biosystems Research Complex, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.
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Cao JF, Huang JQ, Liu X, Huang CC, Zheng ZS, Zhang XF, Shangguan XX, Wang LJ, Zhang YG, Wendel JF, Grover CE, Chen ZW. Genome-wide characterization of the GRF family and their roles in response to salt stress in Gossypium. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:575. [PMID: 32831017 PMCID: PMC7444260 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-06986-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is the most important world-wide fiber crop but salt stress limits cotton production in coastal and other areas. Growth regulation factors (GRFs) play regulatory roles in response to salt stress, but their roles have not been studied in cotton under salt stress. RESULTS We identified 19 GRF genes in G. raimondii, 18 in G. arboreum, 34 in G. hirsutum and 45 in G. barbadense, respectively. These GRF genes were phylogenetically analyzed leading to the recognition of seven GRF clades. GRF genes from diploid cottons (G. raimondii and G. arboreum) were largely retained in allopolyploid cotton, with subsequent gene expansion in G. barbadense relative to G. hirsutum. Most G. hirsutum GRF (GhGRF) genes are preferentially expressed in young and growing tissues. To explore their possible role in salt stress, we used qRT-PCR to study expression responses to NaCl treatment, showing that five GhGRF genes were down-regulated in leaves. RNA-seq experiments showed that seven GhGRF genes exhibited decreased expression in leaves under NaCl treatment, three of which (GhGRF3, GhGRF4, and GhGRF16) were identified by both RNA-seq and qRT-PCR. We also identified six and three GRF genes that exhibit decreased expression under salt stress in G. arboreum and G. barbadense, respectively. Consistent with its lack of leaf withering or yellowing under the salt treatment conditions, G. arboreum had better salt tolerance than G. hirsutum and G. barbadense. Our results suggest that GRF genes are involved in salt stress responses in Gossypium. CONCLUSION In summary, we identified candidate GRF genes that were involved in salt stress responses in cotton.
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- Jun-Feng Cao
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology/CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
- Plant Stress Biology Center, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology/CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology/CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- Esquel Group, 25 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology/CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology/CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology/CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology/CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology/CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- Esquel Group, 25 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology/CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
- Institute of Carbon Materials Science, Shanxi Datong University, Datong, 037009 China
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Wang C, Guo Z, Zhan X, Yang F, Wu M, Zhang X. Structure of the yeast Swi/Snf complex in a nucleosome free state. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3398. [PMID: 32636384 PMCID: PMC7340788 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17229-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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SWI/SNF remodelers play a key role in regulating chromatin architecture and gene expression. Here, we report the cryo-EM structure of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Swi/Snf complex in a nucleosome-free state. The structure consists of a stable triangular base module and a flexible Arp module. The conserved subunits Swi1 and Swi3 form the backbone of the complex and closely interact with other components. Snf6, which is specific for yeast Swi/Snf complex, stabilizes the binding of the ATPase-containing subunit Snf2 to the base module. Comparison of the yeast Swi/Snf and RSC complexes reveals conserved structural features that govern the assembly and function of these two subfamilies of chromatin remodelers. Our findings complement those from recent structures of the yeast and human chromatin remodelers and provide further insights into the assembly and function of the SWI/SNF remodelers.
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- Chengcheng Wang
- Key Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, 310024, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. .,School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, 310024, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, 310024, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.,School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, 310024, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.,College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058, Hangzhou, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, 310024, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.,School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, 310024, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, 310024, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.,Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, 310024, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, 310024, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. .,School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, 310024, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
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Parker S, Fraczek MG, Wu J, Shamsah S, Manousaki A, Dungrattanalert K, de Almeida RA, Invernizzi E, Burgis T, Omara W, Griffiths-Jones S, Delneri D, O’Keefe RT. Large-scale profiling of noncoding RNA function in yeast. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007253. [PMID: 29529031 PMCID: PMC5864082 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are emerging as key regulators of cellular function. We have exploited the recently developed barcoded ncRNA gene deletion strain collections in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to investigate the numerous ncRNAs in yeast with no known function. The ncRNA deletion collection contains deletions of tRNAs, snoRNAs, snRNAs, stable unannotated transcripts (SUTs), cryptic unstable transcripts (CUTs) and other annotated ncRNAs encompassing 532 different individual ncRNA deletions. We have profiled the fitness of the diploid heterozygous ncRNA deletion strain collection in six conditions using batch and continuous liquid culture, as well as the haploid ncRNA deletion strain collections arrayed individually onto solid rich media. These analyses revealed many novel environmental-specific haplo-insufficient and haplo-proficient phenotypes providing key information on the importance of each specific ncRNA in every condition. Co-fitness analysis using fitness data from the heterozygous ncRNA deletion strain collection identified two ncRNA groups required for growth during heat stress and nutrient deprivation. The extensive fitness data for each ncRNA deletion strain has been compiled into an easy to navigate database called Yeast ncRNA Analysis (YNCA). By expanding the original ncRNA deletion strain collection we identified four novel essential ncRNAs; SUT527, SUT075, SUT367 and SUT259/691. We defined the effects of each new essential ncRNA on adjacent gene expression in the heterozygote background identifying both repression and induction of nearby genes. Additionally, we discovered a function for SUT527 in the expression, 3' end formation and localization of SEC4, an essential protein coding mRNA. Finally, using plasmid complementation we rescued the SUT075 lethal phenotype revealing that this ncRNA acts in trans. Overall, our findings provide important new insights into the function of ncRNAs.
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- Steven Parker
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Zhang J, Li Z, Jin J, Xie X, Zhang H, Chen Q, Luo Z, Yang J. Genome-wide identification and analysis of the growth-regulating factor family in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Gene 2018; 639:117-127. [PMID: 28978430 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.09.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Growth-regulating factors (GRFs) are plant-specific transcription factors that have important functions in regulating plant growth and development. GRF gene families have been described in several plant species, but a comprehensive analysis of the GRF gene family in tobacco has not yet been reported. In this study, we identified 25 NtabGRF genes in N. tabacum. The gene structures, motifs, and cis-acting regulatory elements of the NtabGRF genes were analyzed. Phylogenetic analysis divided the genes into six clusters. Additionally, highly conserved regions of microsynteny were identified in all of the sequenced tobacco species. Expression analysis showed that NtabGRF genes were highly expressed in actively growing tissues and responded to various hormone treatments. Our results provide foundational information about the GRF gene family in tobacco species, and open the door for future research on the functions of these genes.
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- Jianfeng Zhang
- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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Khatun K, Robin AHK, Park JI, Nath UK, Kim CK, Lim KB, Nou IS, Chung MY. Molecular Characterization and Expression Profiling of Tomato GRF Transcription Factor Family Genes in Response to Abiotic Stresses and Phytohormones. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18051056. [PMID: 28505092 PMCID: PMC5454968 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18051056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 05/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Growth regulating factors (GRFs) are plant-specific transcription factors that are involved in diverse biological and physiological processes, such as growth, development and stress and hormone responses. However, the roles of GRFs in vegetative and reproductive growth, development and stress responses in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) have not been extensively explored. In this study, we characterized the 13 SlGRF genes. In silico analysis of protein motif organization, intron–exon distribution, and phylogenetic classification confirmed the presence of GRF proteins in tomato. The tissue-specific expression analysis revealed that most of the SlGRF genes were preferentially expressed in young and growing tissues such as flower buds and meristems, suggesting that SlGRFs are important during growth and development of these tissues. Some of the SlGRF genes were preferentially expressed in fruits at distinct developmental stages suggesting their involvement in fruit development and the ripening process. The strong and differential expression of different SlGRFs under NaCl, drought, heat, cold, abscisic acid (ABA), and jasmonic acid (JA) treatment, predict possible functions for these genes in stress responses in addition to their growth regulatory functions. Further, differential expression of SlGRF genes upon gibberellic acid (GA3) treatment indicates their probable function in flower development and stress responses through a gibberellic acid (GA)-mediated pathway. The results of this study provide a basis for further functional analysis and characterization of this important gene family in tomato.
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- Khadiza Khatun
- Department of Agricultural Industry Economy and Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam 540-950, Korea.
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam 540-950, Korea.
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam 540-950, Korea.
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam 540-950, Korea.
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam 540-950, Korea.
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- Department of Agricultural Industry Economy and Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam 540-950, Korea.
- Department of Agricultural Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam 540-950, Korea.
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Dutta A, Sardiu M, Gogol M, Gilmore J, Zhang D, Florens L, Abmayr SM, Washburn MP, Workman JL. Composition and Function of Mutant Swi/Snf Complexes. Cell Rep 2017; 18:2124-2134. [PMID: 28249159 PMCID: PMC5837817 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.01.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The 12-subunit Swi/Snf chromatin remodeling complex is conserved from yeast to humans. It functions to alter nucleosome positions by either sliding nucleosomes on DNA or evicting histones. Interestingly, 20% of all human cancers carry mutations in subunits of the Swi/Snf complex. Many of these mutations cause protein instability and loss, resulting in partial Swi/Snf complexes. Although several studies have shown that histone acetylation and activator-dependent recruitment of Swi/Snf regulate its function, it is less well understood how subunits regulate stability and function of the complex. Using functional proteomic and genomic approaches, we have assembled the network architecture of yeast Swi/Snf. In addition, we find that subunits of the Swi/Snf complex regulate occupancy of the catalytic subunit Snf2, thereby modulating gene transcription. Our findings have direct bearing on how cancer-causing mutations in orthologous subunits of human Swi/Snf may lead to aberrant regulation of gene expression by this complex.
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- Arnob Dutta
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, 120 Flagg Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Institute of Cancer Biological Therapy, Xuzhou Medical University, Jiangsu 221002, China
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
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Developmental processes and responses to hormonal stimuli in tea plant (Camellia sinensis) leaves are controlled by GRF and GIF gene families. Funct Integr Genomics 2017; 17:503-512. [DOI: 10.1007/s10142-017-0553-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2016] [Revised: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AVCI MK, AYVAZ M, UYSAL H, SEVİNDİK E, ÖRENAY BOYACIOĞLU S, YAMANER Ç. Order-wide in silico comparative analysis and identification ofgrowth-regulating factor proteins in Malpighiales. Turk J Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.3906/biy-1502-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Cao Y, Han Y, Jin Q, Lin Y, Cai Y. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the GRF Genes in Chinese Pear ( Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd), Poplar ( Populous), Grape ( Vitis vinifera), Arabidopsis and Rice ( Oryza sativa). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1750. [PMID: 27933074 PMCID: PMC5121280 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Growth-regulating factors (GRFs) are plant-specific transcription factors that have important functions in regulating plant growth and development. Previous studies on GRF family members focused either on a single or a small set of genes. Here, a comparative genomic analysis of the GRF gene family was performed in poplar (a model tree species), Arabidopsis (a model plant for annual herbaceous dicots), grape (one model plant for perennial dicots), rice (a model plant for monocots) and Chinese pear (one of the economical fruit crops). In total, 58 GRF genes were identified, 12 genes in rice (Oryza sativa), 8 genes in grape (Vitis vinifera), 9 genes in Arabidopsis thaliana, 19 genes in poplar (Populus trichocarpa) and 10 genes in Chinese pear (Pyrus bretschneideri). The GRF genes were divided into five subfamilies based on the phylogenetic analysis, which was supported by their structural analysis. Furthermore, microsynteny analysis indicated that highly conserved regions of microsynteny were identified in all of the five species tested. And Ka/Ks analysis revealed that purifying selection plays an important role in the maintenance of GRF genes. Our results provide basic information on GRF genes in five plant species and lay the foundation for future research on the functions of these genes.
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- Yunpeng Cao
- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefei, China
- *Correspondence: Yongping Cai,
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Kim JH, Tsukaya H. Regulation of plant growth and development by the GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR and GRF-INTERACTING FACTOR duo. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:6093-107. [PMID: 26160584 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Transcription factors are key regulators of gene expression and play pivotal roles in all aspects of living organisms. Therefore, identification and functional characterization of transcription factors is a prerequisite step toward understanding life. This article reviews molecular and biological functions of the two transcription regulator families, GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR (GRF) and GRF-INTERACTING FACTOR (GIF), which have only recently been recognized. A myriad of experimental evidence clearly illustrates that GRF and GIF are bona fide partner proteins and form a plant-specific transcriptional complex. One of the most conspicuous outcomes from this research field is that the GRF-GIF duo endows the primordial cells of vegetative and reproductive organs with a meristematic specification state, guaranteeing the supply of cells for organogenesis and successful reproduction. It has recently been shown that GIF1 proteins, also known as ANGUSTIFOLIA3, recruit chromatin remodelling complexes to target genes, and that AtGRF expression is directly activated by the floral identity factors, APETALA1 and SEPALLATA3, providing an important insight into understanding of the action of GRF-GIF. Moreover, GRF genes are extensively subjected to post-transcriptional control by microRNA396, revealing the presence of a complex regulatory circuit in regulation of plant growth and development by the GRF-GIF duo.
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- Jeong Hoe Kim
- Department of Biology, Kyungpook National University, 1370 Sankyuk-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu 702-701, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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Omidbakhshfard MA, Proost S, Fujikura U, Mueller-Roeber B. Growth-Regulating Factors (GRFs): A Small Transcription Factor Family with Important Functions in Plant Biology. MOLECULAR PLANT 2015; 8:998-1010. [PMID: 25620770 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Revised: 12/21/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Growth-regulating factors (GRFs) are plant-specific transcription factors that were originally identified for their roles in stem and leaf development, but recent studies highlight them to be similarly important for other central developmental processes including flower and seed formation, root development, and the coordination of growth processes under adverse environmental conditions. The expression of several GRFs is controlled by microRNA miR396, and the GRF-miRNA396 regulatory module appears to be central to several of these processes. In addition, transcription factors upstream of GRFs and miR396 have been discovered, and gradually downstream target genes of GRFs are being unraveled. Here, we review the current knowledge of the biological functions performed by GRFs and survey available molecular data to illustrate how they exert their roles at the cellular level.
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- Mohammad Amin Omidbakhshfard
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, Haus 20, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany; Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, Haus 20, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany; Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, Haus 20, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, Haus 20, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany; Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
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Wang F, Qiu N, Ding Q, Li J, Zhang Y, Li H, Gao J. Genome-wide identification and analysis of the growth-regulating factor family in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis). BMC Genomics 2014; 15:807. [PMID: 25242257 PMCID: PMC4180144 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Growth regulating factors (GRFs) have been shown to play important roles in plant growth and development. GRF genes represent a large multigene family in plants. Recently, genome-wide structural and evolutionary analyses of the GRF gene families in Arabidopsis, rice, and maize have been reported. Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis) is one of the most important vegetables for agricultural production, and a full genome assembly for this plant has recently been released. However, to our knowledge, the GRF gene family from Chinese cabbage has not been characterized in detail. RESULTS In this study, genome-wide analysis was carried out to identify all the GRF genes in Chinese cabbage. Based on the complete Chinese cabbage genome sequence, 17 nonredundant GRF genes, named BrGRFs, were identified and classified into six groups. Phylogenetic analysis of the translated GRF protein sequences from Chinese cabbage, Arabidopsis, and rice indicated that the Chinese cabbage GRF proteins were more closely related to the GRF proteins of Arabidopsis than to those of rice. Expression profile analysis showed that the BrGRF genes had uneven transcript levels in different organs or tissues, and the transcription of most BrGRF genes was induced by gibberellic acid (GA3) treatment. Additionally, over-expression of BrGRF8 in transgenic Arabidopsis plants increased the sizes of the leaves and other organs by regulation of cell proliferation. CONCLUSIONS The data obtained from this investigation will contribute to a better understanding of the characteristics of the GRF gene family in Chinese cabbage, and provide a basis for further studies to investigate GRF protein function during development as well as for Chinese cabbage-breeding programs to improve yield and/or head size.
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Shandong Key Laboratory of Greenhouse Vegetable Biology/Shandong Branch of National Vegetable Improvement Center, Jinan 250100, China.
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Gallagher JEG, Zheng W, Rong X, Miranda N, Lin Z, Dunn B, Zhao H, Snyder MP. Divergence in a master variator generates distinct phenotypes and transcriptional responses. Genes Dev 2014; 28:409-21. [PMID: 24532717 PMCID: PMC3937518 DOI: 10.1101/gad.228940.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Genetic basis of phenotypic differences in individuals is an important area in biology and personalized medicine. Analysis of divergent Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains grown under different conditions revealed extensive variation in response to both drugs (e.g., 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide [4NQO]) and different carbon sources. Differences in 4NQO resistance were due to amino acid variation in the transcription factor Yrr1. Yrr1(YJM789) conferred 4NQO resistance but caused slower growth on glycerol, and vice versa with Yrr1(S96), indicating that alleles of Yrr1 confer distinct phenotypes. The binding targets of Yrr1 alleles from diverse yeast strains varied considerably among different strains grown under the same conditions as well as for the same strain under different conditions, indicating that distinct molecular programs are conferred by the different Yrr1 alleles. Our results demonstrate that genetic variations in one important control gene (YRR1), lead to distinct regulatory programs and phenotypes in individuals. We term these polymorphic control genes "master variators."
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Liang G, He H, Li Y, Wang F, Yu D. Molecular mechanism of microRNA396 mediating pistil development in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 164:249-58. [PMID: 24285851 PMCID: PMC3875806 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.225144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The precise control of gene regulation, and hence, correct spatiotemporal tissue patterning, is crucial for plant development. Plant microRNAs can constrain the expression of their target genes at posttranscriptional levels. Recently, microRNA396 (miR396) has been characterized to regulate leaf development by mediating cleavage of its GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR (GRF) targets. miR396 is also preferentially expressed in flowers. However, its function in flower development is unclear. In addition to narrow leaves, pistils with a single carpel were also observed in miR396 overexpression plants. The dramatically reduced expression levels of miR396 targets (GRF1, GRF2, GRF3, GRF4, GRF7, GRF8, and GRF9) caused pistil abnormalities, because the miR396-resistant version of GRF was able to rescue miR396-overexpressing plants. Both GRF and GRF-INTERACTING FACTOR (GIF) genes are highly expressed in developing pistils, and their expression patterns are negatively correlated with that of miR396. GRF interacted with GIF to form the GRF/GIF complex in plant cell nucleus. miR396 suppressed the expression of GRF genes, resulting in reduction of GRF/GIF complex. gif single mutant displayed normal pistils, whereas gif triple mutant gif1/gif2/gif3 produced abnormal pistils, which was a phenocopy of 35S:MIR396a/grf5 plants. GRF and GIF function as cotranscription factors, and both are required for pistil development. Our analyses reveal an important role for miR396 in controlling carpel number and pistil development via regulation of the GRF/GIF complex.
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Sen P, Ghosh S, Pugh BF, Bartholomew B. A new, highly conserved domain in Swi2/Snf2 is required for SWI/SNF remodeling. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:9155-66. [PMID: 21835776 PMCID: PMC3241646 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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SWI/SNF is an ATP-dependent remodeler that mobilizes nucleosomes and has important roles in gene regulation. The catalytic subunit of SWI/SNF has an ATP-dependent DNA translocase domain that is essential for remodeling. Besides the DNA translocase domain there are other domains in the catalytic subunit of SWI/SNF that have important roles in mobilizing nucleosomes. One of these domains, termed SnAC (Snf2 ATP Coupling), is conserved in all eukaryotic SWI/SNF complexes and is located between the ATPase and A-T hook domains. Here, we show that the SnAC domain is essential for SWI/SNF activity. The SnAC domain is not required for SWI/SNF complex integrity, efficient nucleosome binding, or recruitment by acidic transcription activators. The SnAC domain is however required in vivo for transcription regulation by SWI/SNF as seen by alternative carbon source growth assays, northern analysis, and genome-wide expression profiling. The ATPase and nucleosome mobilizing activities of SWI/SNF are severely affected when the SnAC domain is removed or mutated. The SnAC domain positively regulates the catalytic activity of the ATPase domain of SWI/SNF to hydrolyze ATP without significantly affecting its affinity for ATP.
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- Payel Sen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Neckers Building, Carbondale, IL 62901-4413, USA
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Weider M, Schröder A, Klebl F, Sauer N. A novel mechanism for target gene-specific SWI/SNF recruitment via the Snf2p N-terminus. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:4088-98. [PMID: 21278159 PMCID: PMC3105400 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Chromatin-remodeling complexes regulate the expression of genes in all eukaryotic genomes. The SWI/SNF complex of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is recruited to its target promoters via interactions with selected transcription factors. Here, we show that the N-terminus of Snf2p, the chromatin remodeling core unit of the SWI/SNF complex, is essential for the expression of VHT1, the gene of the plasma membrane H+/biotin symporter, and of BIO5, the gene of a 7-keto-8-aminopelargonic acid transporter, biotin biosynthetic precursor. chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analyses demonstrate that Vhr1p, the transcriptional regulator of VHT1 and BIO5 expression, is responsible for the targeting of Snf2p to the VHT1 promoter at low biotin. We identified an Snf2p mutant, Snf2p-R15C, that specifically abolishes the induction of VHT1 and BIO5 but not of other Snf2p-regulated genes, such as GAL1, SUC2 or INO1. We present a novel mechanism of target gene-specific SWI/SNF recruitment via Vhr1p and a conserved N-terminal Snf2p domain.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: + 49 9131 85 28212; Fax: + 49 9131 85 28751;
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Osnato M, Stile MR, Wang Y, Meynard D, Curiale S, Guiderdoni E, Liu Y, Horner DS, Ouwerkerk PB, Pozzi C, Müller KJ, Salamini F, Rossini L. Cross talk between the KNOX and ethylene pathways is mediated by intron-binding transcription factors in barley. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 154:1616-32. [PMID: 20921155 PMCID: PMC2996029 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.161984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2010] [Accepted: 09/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In the barley (Hordeum vulgare) Hooded (Kap) mutant, the duplication of a 305-bp intron sequence leads to the overexpression of the Barley knox3 (Bkn3) gene, resulting in the development of an extra flower in the spikelet. We used a one-hybrid screen to identify four proteins that bind the intron-located regulatory element (Kap intron-binding proteins). Three of these, Barley Ethylene Response Factor1 (BERF1), Barley Ethylene Insensitive Like1 (BEIL1), and Barley Growth Regulating Factor1 (BGRF1), were characterized and their in vitro DNA-binding capacities verified. Given the homology of BERF1 and BEIL1 to ethylene signaling proteins, we investigated if these factors might play a dual role in intron-mediated regulation and ethylene response. In transgenic rice (Oryza sativa), constitutive expression of the corresponding genes produced phenotypic alterations consistent with perturbations in ethylene levels and variations in the expression of a key gene of ethylene biosynthesis. In barley, ethylene treatment results in partial suppression of the Kap phenotype, accompanied by up-regulation of BERF1 and BEIL1 expression, followed by down-regulation of Bkn3 mRNA levels. In rice protoplasts, BEIL1 activates the expression of a reporter gene driven by the 305-bp intron element, while BERF1 can counteract this activation. Thus, BEIL1 and BERF1, likely in association with other Kap intron-binding proteins, should mediate the fine-tuning of Bkn3 expression by ethylene. We propose a hypothesis for the cross talk between the KNOX and ethylene pathways.
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Ferreira ME, Prochasson P, Berndt KD, Workman JL, Wright APH. Activator-binding domains of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex characterizedin vitroare required for its recruitment to promotersin vivo. FEBS J 2009; 276:2557-65. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06979.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Erlich RL, Fry RC, Begley TJ, Daee DL, Lahue RS, Samson LD. Anc1, a protein associated with multiple transcription complexes, is involved in postreplication repair pathway in S. cerevisiae. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3717. [PMID: 19005567 PMCID: PMC2579579 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Accepted: 10/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Yeast strains lacking Anc1, a member of the YEATS protein family, are sensitive to several DNA damaging agents. The YEATS family includes two human genes that are common fusion partners with MLL in human acute leukemias. Anc1 is a member of seven multi-protein complexes involved in transcription, and the damage sensitivity observed in anc1Δ cells is mirrored in strains deleted for some other non-essential members of several of these complexes. Here we show that ANC1 is in the same epistasis group as SRS2 and RAD5, members of the postreplication repair (PRR) pathway, but has additive or synergistic interactions with several other members of this pathway. Although PRR is traditionally divided into an “error-prone” and an “error-free” branch, ANC1 is not epistatic with all members of either established branch, and instead defines a new error-free branch of the PRR pathway. Like several genes involved in PRR, an intact ANC1 gene significantly suppresses spontaneous mutation rates, including the expansion of (CAG)25 repeats. Anc1's role in the PRR pathway, as well as its role in suppressing triplet repeats, point to a possible mechanism for a protein of potential medical interest.
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- Rachel L. Erlich
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The SWI/SNF complex disrupts and mobilizes chromatin in an ATP-dependent manner. SWI/SNF interactions with nucleosomes were mapped by DNA footprinting and site-directed DNA and protein cross-linking when SWI/SNF was recruited by a transcription activator. SWI/SNF was found by DNA footprinting to contact tightly around one gyre of DNA spanning approximately 50 bp from the nucleosomal entry site to near the dyad axis. The DNA footprint is consistent with nucleosomes binding to an asymmetric trough of SWI/SNF that was revealed by the improved imaging of free SWI/SNF. The DNA site-directed cross-linking revealed that the catalytic subunit Swi2/Snf2 is associated with nucleosomes two helical turns from the dyad axis and that the Snf6 subunit is proximal to the transcription factor recruiting SWI/SNF. The highly conserved Snf5 subunit associates with the histone octamer and not with nucleosomal DNA. The model of the binding trough of SWI/SNF illustrates how nucleosomal DNA can be mobilized while SWI/SNF remains bound.
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Yang X, Zaurin R, Beato M, Peterson CL. Swi3p controls SWI/SNF assembly and ATP-dependent H2A-H2B displacement. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2007; 14:540-7. [PMID: 17496903 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2006] [Accepted: 03/23/2007] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Yeast SWI/SNF is a multisubunit, 1.14-MDa ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling enzyme required for transcription of a subset of inducible genes. Biochemical studies have demonstrated that SWI/SNF uses the energy from ATP hydrolysis to generate superhelical torsion, mobilize mononucleosomes, enhance the accessibility of nucleosomal DNA and remove H2A-H2B dimers from mononucleosomes. Here we describe the ATP-dependent activities of a SWI/SNF sub complex that is composed of only three subunits, Swi2p, Arp7p and Arp9p. Whereas this sub complex is fully functional in most remodeling assays, Swi2p-Arp7p-Arp9p is defective for ATP-dependent removal of H2A-H2B dimers. We identify the acidic N terminus of the Swi3p subunit as a novel H2A-H2B-binding domain required for ATP-dependent dimer loss. Our data indicate that H2A-H2B dimer loss is not an obligatory consequence of ATP-dependent DNA translocation, and furthermore they suggest that SWI/SNF is composed of at least four interdependent modules.
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- Xiaofang Yang
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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Bezhani S, Winter C, Hershman S, Wagner JD, Kennedy JF, Kwon CS, Pfluger J, Su Y, Wagner D. Unique, shared, and redundant roles for the Arabidopsis SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling ATPases BRAHMA and SPLAYED. THE PLANT CELL 2007; 19:403-16. [PMID: 17293567 PMCID: PMC1867337 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.048272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Chromatin remodeling is emerging as a central mechanism for patterning and differentiation in multicellular eukaryotes. SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling ATPases are conserved in the animal and plant kingdom and regulate transcriptional programs in response to endogenous and exogenous cues. In contrast with their metazoan orthologs, null mutants in two Arabidopsis thaliana SWI/SNF ATPases, BRAHMA (BRM) and SPLAYED (SYD), are viable, facilitating investigation of their role in the organism. Previous analyses revealed that syd and brm null mutants exhibit both similar and distinct developmental defects, yet the functional relationship between the two closely related ATPases is not understood. Another central question is whether these proteins act as general or specific transcriptional regulators. Using global expression studies, double mutant analysis, and protein interaction assays, we find overlapping functions for the two SWI/SNF ATPases. This partial diversification may have allowed expansion of the SWI/SNF ATPase regulatory repertoire, while preserving essential ancestral functions. Moreover, only a small fraction of all genes depends on SYD or BRM for expression, indicating that these SWI/SNF ATPases exhibit remarkable regulatory specificity. Our studies provide a conceptual framework for understanding the role of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling in regulation of Arabidopsis development.
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- Staver Bezhani
- Department of Biology, University of Pensylvania, Philadelphia, Penslvania 19104, USA
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Sohn DH, Lee KY, Lee C, Oh J, Chung H, Jeon SH, Seong RH. SRG3 interacts directly with the major components of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex and protects them from proteasomal degradation. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:10614-24. [PMID: 17255092 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610563200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mammalian SWI/SNF complex is an evolutionarily conserved ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex that consists of nine or more components. SRG3, a murine homologue of yeast SWI3, Drosophila MOIRA, and human BAF155, is a core component of the murine SWI/SNF complex required for the regulation of transcriptional processes associated with development, cellular differentiation, and proliferation. Here we report that SRG3 interacts directly with other components of the mammalian SWI/SNF complex such as SNF5, BRG1, and BAF60a. The SWIRM domain and the SANT domain were required for SRG3-SNF5 and SRG3-BRG1 interactions, respectively. In addition, SRG3 stabilized SNF5, BRG1, and BAF60a by attenuating their proteasomal degradation, suggesting its general role in the stabilization of the SWI/SNF complex. Such a stabilization effect of SRG3 was not only observed in the in vitro cell system, but also in cells isolated from SRG3 transgenic mice or knock-out mice haploinsufficient for the Srg3 gene. Taken together, these results suggest the critical role of SRG3 in the post-transcriptional stabilization of the major components of the SWI/SNF complex.
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- Dong H Sohn
- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Research Center for Functional Cellulomics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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Perani M, Antonson P, Hamoudi R, Ingram CJE, Cooper CS, Garrett MD, Goodwin GH. The Proto-oncoprotein SYT Interacts with SYT-interacting Protein/Co-activator Activator (SIP/CoAA), a Human Nuclear Receptor Co-activator with Similarity to EWS and TLS/FUS Family of Proteins. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:42863-76. [PMID: 16227627 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502963200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The proto-oncoprotein SYT is involved in the unique translocation t(X;18) found in synovial sarcoma SYT-SSX fusions. SYT has a conserved N-terminal domain (SNH domain) that interacts with the human paralog of Drosophila Brahma (hBRM) and Brahma-related gene 1 (BRG1) chromatin remodeling proteins and a C-terminal transactivating sequence rich in glutamine, proline, glycine, and tyrosine (QPGY domain). Here we reported the isolation of the ribonucleoprotein SYT-interacting protein/co-activator activator (SIP/CoAA), which specifically binds the QPGY domain of SYT and also the SYT-SSX2 translocation fusion. SIP/CoAA is a general nuclear co-activator and an RNA splicing modulator that contains two RNA recognition motifs and multiple hexapeptide repeats. We showed that the region consisting of the hexapeptide motif (YQ domain) is similar to the hexapeptide repeat domain found in EWS and in TLS/FUS family proteins. The YQ domain also resembles the QPGY region of SYT itself and like all these other domains acts as a transcriptional activator in reporter assays. Most interestingly, the last 84 amino acids adjacent to YQ down-modulate by 25-fold the YQ transactivation of the reporter gene, and both domains are important for SIP/CoAA binding to SYT. In addition, SYT acts together with SIP/CoAA in stimulating estrogen and glucocorticoid receptor-dependent transcriptional activation. Activation is hormone-dependent and requires functional hBRM and/or BRG1. The stimulation is strongly reduced if the N-terminal region of hBRM/BRG1 (amino acids 1-211) is deleted. This region encompasses the SNF11 binding domain (amino acids 156-211), which interacts specifically with SYT in vivo and in vitro.
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- Michela Perani
- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5NG, United Kingdom.
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Farrona S, Hurtado L, Bowman JL, Reyes JC. The Arabidopsis thaliana SNF2 homolog AtBRM controls shoot development and flowering. Development 2004; 131:4965-75. [PMID: 15371304 DOI: 10.1242/dev.01363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Chromatin remodeling is essential for the reprogramming of transcription associated with development and cell differentiation. The SWI/SNF complex was the first chromatin remodeling complex characterized in yeast and Drosophila. In this work we have characterized an Arabidopsis thaliana homolog of Brahma, the ATPase of the Drosophila SWI/SNF complex. As its Drosophila counterpart, Arabidopsis thaliana BRAHMA (AtBRM) is a nuclear protein present in a high molecular mass complex. Furthermore, the N terminus of AtBRM interacts, in the two-hybrid system, with CHB4 (AtSWI3C), an Arabidopsis homolog of the yeast SWI/SNF complex subunit SWI3. The AtBRM gene is primarily expressed in meristems, organ primordia and tissues with active cell division. Silencing of the expression of the AtBRM gene by RNA interference demonstrated that AtBRM is required for vegetative and reproductive development. The AtBRM silenced plants exhibited a reduction in overall plant size with small and curled leafs, as well as a reduction in the size of the inflorescence meristem. In the absence of AtBRM, Arabidopsis flowers have small petals and stamens, immature anthers, homeotic transformations and reduced fertility. The AtBRM silenced plants flower earlier than wild-type plants both under inductive and non-inductive photoperiods. Furthermore, levels of CO, FT and SOC1 transcripts were up-regulated under non-inductive conditions suggesting that AtBRM is a repressor of the photoperiod-dependent flowering pathway.
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- Sara Farrona
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio s/n, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Kim JH, Kende H. A transcriptional coactivator, AtGIF1, is involved in regulating leaf growth and morphology in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:13374-9. [PMID: 15326298 PMCID: PMC516574 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0405450101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Previously, we described the AtGRF [Arabidopsis thaliana growth-regulating factor (GRF)] gene family, which encodes putative transcription factors that play a regulatory role in growth and development of leaves and cotyledons. We demonstrate here that the C-terminal region of GRF proteins has transactivation activity. In search of partner proteins for GRF1, we identified another gene family, GRF-interacting factor (GIF), which comprises three members. Sequence and molecular analysis showed that GIF1 is a functional homolog of the human SYT transcription coactivator. We found that the N-terminal region of GIF1 protein was involved in the interaction with GRF1. To understand the biological function of GIF1, we isolated a loss-of-function mutant of GIF1 and prepared transgenic plants subject to GIF1-specific RNA interference. Like grf mutants, the gif1 mutant and transgenic plants developed narrower leaves and petals than did wild-type plants, and combinations of gif1 and grf mutations showed a cooperative effect. The narrow leaf phenotype of gif1, as well as that of the grf triple mutant, was caused by a reduction in cell numbers along the leaf-width axis. We propose that GRF1 and GIF1 act as transcription activator and coactivator, respectively, and that they are part of a complex involved in regulating the growth and shape of leaves and petals.
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- Jeong Hoe Kim
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312, USA
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Choi D, Kim JH, Kende H. Whole genome analysis of the OsGRF gene family encoding plant-specific putative transcription activators in rice (Oryza sativa L.). PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 45:897-904. [PMID: 15295073 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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OsGRF1 (Oryza sativa GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR1) is a rice gene encoding a putative novel transcriptional regulator. We identified and characterized eleven homologs of OsGRF1 in the rice genome. All twelve OsGRF proteins have two highly conserved regions, the QLQ (Gln, Leu, Gln) and WRC (Trp, Arg, Cys) domains, and sequences reminiscent of transcription factors. OsGRF genes were preferentially expressed in young and growing tissues, and applied gibberellic acid (GA3) enhanced the expression of seven OsGRF genes. In situ hybridization showed high levels of OsGRF1 transcripts in the shoot apical meristem and in cells surrounding the vasculature of the intercalary meristem. In a GAL4-based yeast assay, the C-terminal region of OsGRF1 was found to have transactivation activity. These results indicate that OsGRF1 acts as a transcriptional activator. Based on the in situ expression pattern of OsGRF1, we postulate that it may be involved in regulating vegetative growth in rice.
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- Dongsu Choi
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312, USA
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Yoon S, Qiu H, Swanson MJ, Hinnebusch AG. Recruitment of SWI/SNF by Gcn4p does not require Snf2p or Gcn5p but depends strongly on SWI/SNF integrity, SRB mediator, and SAGA. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:8829-45. [PMID: 14612422 PMCID: PMC262668 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.23.8829-9945.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The nucleosome remodeling complex SWI/SNF is a coactivator for yeast transcriptional activator Gcn4p. We provide strong evidence that Gcn4p recruits the entire SWI/SNF complex to its target genes ARG1 and SNZ1 but that SWI/SNF is dispensable for Gcn4p binding to these promoters. It was shown previously that Snf2p/Swi2p, Snf5p, and Swi1p interact directly with Gcn4p in vitro. However, we found that Snf2p is not required for recruitment of SWI/SNF by Gcn4p nor can Snf2p be recruited independently of other SWI/SNF subunits in vivo. Snf5p was not recruited as an isolated subunit but was required with Snf6p and Swi3p for optimal recruitment of other SWI/SNF subunits. The results suggest that Snf2p, Snf5p, and Swi1p are recruited only as subunits of intact SWI/SNF, a model consistent with the idea that Gcn4p makes multiple contacts with SWI/SNF in vivo. Interestingly, Swp73p is necessary for efficient SWI/SNF recruitment at SNZ1 but not at ARG1, indicating distinct subunit requirements for SWI/SNF recruitment at different genes. Optimal recruitment of SWI/SNF by Gcn4p also requires specific subunits of SRB mediator (Gal11p, Med2p, and Rox3p) and SAGA (Ada1p and Ada5p) but is independent of the histone acetyltransferase in SAGA, Gcn5p. We suggest that SWI/SNF recruitment is enhanced by cooperative interactions with subunits of SRB mediator and SAGA recruited by Gcn4p to the same promoter but is insensitive to histone H3 acetylation by Gcn5p.
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- Sungpil Yoon
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Perani M, Ingram CJE, Cooper CS, Garrett MD, Goodwin GH. Conserved SNH domain of the proto-oncoprotein SYT interacts with components of the human chromatin remodelling complexes, while the QPGY repeat domain forms homo-oligomers. Oncogene 2003; 22:8156-67. [PMID: 14603256 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Many studies have now established that the SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling complexes are involved in activation and repression of a variety of genes. In mammalian cells, these complexes contain the BRM and BRG1 helicase-like proteins that are thought to be responsible for nucleosome remodelling. The proto-oncoprotein SYT, involved in the unique translocation t(X;18) found in synovial sarcoma, is known to interact with human BRM (hBRM), thus providing a link between chromatin remodelling factors and human cancer. In this work, we address how SYT interacts with hBRM and BRG1. We demonstrate that the conserved N-terminal SNH domain of SYT, which is also present in the oncoproteins SYT-SSX, binds to both hBRM and BRG1. We have also found that in vivo the C-terminus transactivation QPGY region of SYT can interact with itself. This results in an amplified interaction with hBRM and highlights a possible regulatory function of this domain in cells.
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- Michela Perani
- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis-BLB, Institute of Cancer Research, 15, Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey SM 5NG, UK.
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Kim JH, Choi D, Kende H. The AtGRF family of putative transcription factors is involved in leaf and cotyledon growth in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 36:94-104. [PMID: 12974814 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01862.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Previously, we identified a novel rice gene, GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR1 (OsGRF1), which encodes a putative transcription factor that appears to play a regulatory role in stem elongation. We now describe the GRF gene family of Arabidopsis thaliana (AtGRF), which comprises nine members. The deduced AtGRF proteins contain the same characteristic regions--the QLQ (Gln, Leu, Gln) and WRC (Trp, Arg, Cys) domains--as do OsGRF1 and related proteins in rice, as well as features indicating a function in transcriptional regulation. Most of the AtGRF genes are strongly expressed in actively growing and developing tissues, such as shoot tips, flower buds, and roots, but weakly in mature stem and leaf tissues. Overexpression of AtGRF1 and AtGRF2 resulted in larger leaves and cotyledons, as well as in delayed bolting of the inflorescence stem when compared to wild-type plants. In contrast, triple insertional null mutants of AtGRF1-AtGRF3 had smaller leaves and cotyledons, whereas single mutants displayed no changes in phenotype and double mutants displayed only minor ones. The alteration of leaf growth in overexpressors and triple mutants was based on an increase or decrease in cell size, respectively. These results indicate that AtGRF proteins play a role in the regulation of cell expansion in leaf and cotyledon tissues.
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- Jeong Hoe Kim
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312, USA
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Conde R, Pablo G, Cueva R, Larriba G. Screening for new yeast mutants affected in mannosylphosphorylation of cell wall mannoproteins. Yeast 2003; 20:1189-211. [PMID: 14587103 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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We have carried out a screen of 622 deletion strains generated during the EUROFAN B0 project to identify non-essential genes related to the mannosylphosphate content of the cell wall. By examining the affinity of the deletants for the cationic dye alcian blue and the ion exchanger QAE-Sephadex, we have selected 50 strains. On the basis on their reactivity (blue colour intensity) in the alcian blue assay, mutants with a lower phosphate content than wild-type cells were then arranged in groups defined by previously characterized mutants, as follows: group I (mnn6), group II (between mnn6 and mnn9) and group III (mnn9). Similarly, strains that behaved like mnn1 (i.e. a blue colour deeper than wild-type) were included in group VI. To confirm the association between the phenotype and a specific mutation, strains were complemented with clones or subjected to tetrad analysis. Selected strains were further tested for extracellular invertase and exoglucanase. Within groups I, II and III, we found some genes known to be involved in oligosaccharide biosynthesis (ALG9, ALG12, HOC1), secretion (BRE5, COD4/COG5, VPS53), transcription (YOL072w/THP1, ELP2, STB1, SNF11), cell polarity (SEP7, RDG1), mitochondrial function (YFH1), cell metabolism, as well as orphan genes. Within group VI, we found genes involved in environmentally regulated transduction pathways (PAL2 and RIM20) as well as others with miscellaneous or unknown functions. We conclude that mannosylphosphorylation is severely impaired in some deletants deficient in specific glycosylation/secretion processes, but many other different pathways may also modulate the amount of mannosylphosphate in the cell wall.
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- Raúl Conde
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
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Many studies have established that the Swi/Snf family of chromatin-remodeling complexes activate transcription. Recent reports have suggested the possibility that these complexes can also repress transcription. We now present chromatin immunoprecipitation evidence that the Swi/Snf complex of Saccharomyces cerevisiae directly represses transcription of the SER3 gene. Consistent with its role in nucleosome remodeling, Swi/Snf controls the chromatin structure of the SER3 promoter. However, in striking contrast to activation by Swi/Snf, which requires most Swi/Snf subunits, repression by Swi/Snf at SER3 is dependent primarily on one Swi/Snf component, Snf2. These results show distinct differences in the requirements for Swi/Snf components in transcriptional activation and repression.
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- Joseph A Martens
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Sarnowski TJ, Swiezewski S, Pawlikowska K, Kaczanowski S, Jerzmanowski A. AtSWI3B, an Arabidopsis homolog of SWI3, a core subunit of yeast Swi/Snf chromatin remodeling complex, interacts with FCA, a regulator of flowering time. Nucleic Acids Res 2002; 30:3412-21. [PMID: 12140326 PMCID: PMC137082 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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ATP-dependent nucleosome remodeling plays a central role in the regulation of access to chromatin DNA. Swi/Snf remodeling complexes characterized in yeast, Drosophila and mammals all contain a conserved set of core subunits composed of homologs of yeast SNF2-type DNA-dependent ATPase, SNF5 and SWI3 proteins. So far, no complete Swi/Snf-type complex has been characterized in plants. Arabidopsis contains a single SNF5-type gene, BSH, which has been shown to complement the yeast snf5 mutation. Here we describe the characterization of AtSWI3B, the smallest of the four Arabidopsis homologs of SWI3. The gene encoding AtSWI3B is expressed ubiquitously in the plant. AtSWI3B is localized to nuclei and is associated mostly with the chromatin and soluble protein fractions. When expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the cDNA encoding AtSWI3B partially complements the swi3 mutant phenotype. However, like BSH, AtSWI3B is unable to activate transcription in yeast when tethered to DNA. The analysis by yeast two-hybrid indicates that AtSWI3B is capable of forming homodimers and interacts with BSH as well as with two other members of the Arabidopsis SWI3 family: AtSWI3A and AtSWI3C. The results of phage display screen using recombinant protein, confirmed by direct yeast two-hybrid analyses, indicate that AtSWI3B interacts with FCA, a regulator of flowering time in Arabidopsis. This interaction is through the C-terminal region of FCA, located outside the conserved RNA- and protein-binding domains of this protein.
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- Tomasz J Sarnowski
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw University, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Chakraborty S, Senyuk V, Nucifora G. Genetic lesions and perturbation of chromatin architecture: a road to cell transformation. J Cell Biochem 2002; 82:310-25. [PMID: 11527156 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.1165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Differential gene expression is a rigorously precise procedure that defines the developmental program of cells, tissues, organs, and of the entire organism. The correct execution of this program requires the participation of multiple and complex groups of regulators. In addition to transcription factors, which are key tools in ontogenesis by providing sequential switch of different genes, the structure of the chromatin is a dominant determinant leading to gene expression. Through the novel and insightful work of several investigators, it appears that the architecture of the chromatin spanning the genes can and does influence the efficiency of RNA transcription, and therefore of gene expression. Several new enzymatic complexes have been identified that reversibly modify the chromatin architecture by methylation, phosphorylation, and acetylation of the nucleosomal core proteins. These enzymes are crucial for the proper balance and maintenance of gene expression, and are often the target of mutations and alterations in human cancer. Here, we review briefly the current models proposing how some of these enzymes normally modify the chromatin structure and how their functional disruption leads to inappropriate gene expression and cell transformation.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylation
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Animals
- CREB-Binding Protein
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Chromatin/genetics
- Chromatin/ultrastructure
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Dimerization
- Gene Expression Regulation/physiology
- Gene Targeting
- Histones/metabolism
- Humans
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/metabolism
- Macromolecular Substances
- Methylation
- Mice
- Models, Genetic
- Multigene Family
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/physiology
- Nuclear Proteins/physiology
- Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 2
- Nucleosomes/metabolism
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/physiology
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/chemistry
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/physiology
- Trans-Activators/physiology
- Transcription Factors/physiology
- Transcription, Genetic
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
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- S Chakraborty
- Department of Medicine, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Zhou H, Winston F. NRG1 is required for glucose repression of the SUC2 and GAL genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Genet 2001; 2:5. [PMID: 11281938 PMCID: PMC31344 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2001] [Accepted: 03/19/2001] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Glucose repression of transcription in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, has been shown to be controlled by several factors, including two repressors called Mig1 and Mig2. Past results suggest that other repressors may be involved in glucose repression. RESULTS By a screen for factors that control transcription of the glucose-repressible SUC2 gene of S. cerevisiae, the NRG1 gene was identified. Analysis of an nrg1Delta mutant has demonstrated that mRNA levels are elevated at both the SUC2 and of the GAL genes of S. cerevisiae when cells are grown under normally glucose-repressing conditions. In addition, genetic interactions have been detected between nrg1Delta and other factors that control SUC2 transcription. CONCLUSIONS The analysis of nrg1Delta demonstrates that Nrg1 plays a role in glucose repression of the SUC2 and GAL genes of S. cerevisiae. Thus, three repressors, Nrg1, Mig1, and Mig2, are involved as the downstream targets of the glucose signaling in S. cerevisiae.
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- Heng Zhou
- Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School 200 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School 200 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Sudarsanam P, Winston F. The Swi/Snf family nucleosome-remodeling complexes and transcriptional control. Trends Genet 2000; 16:345-51. [PMID: 10904263 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9525(00)02060-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 265] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The Swi/Snf family of nucleosome-remodeling complexes has been shown to play important roles in gene expression throughout eukaryotes. Genetic and biochemical studies previously suggested that Swi/Snf activates transcription by remodeling nucleosomes, thereby permitting increased access of transcription factors for their binding sites. Recent studies have identified additional Swi/Snf biochemical activities and have suggested possible mechanisms by which Swi/Snf is targeted to specific promoters. Surprisingly, studies have also revealed that, besides being necessary for activation, Swi/Snf is required for transcriptional repression of some genes. These analyses have transformed our understanding of the function of the Swi/Snf family of complexes and suggest that they control transcription in diverse ways.
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- P Sudarsanam
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Pc-G and trx-G genes are responsible for maintenance of transcriptional regulation and provide a cellular memory mechanism throughout development. Studies in fly, yeast, mouse, and human have implicated modulation of higher-order chromatin structure as an important component in this process. Specifically, connections between SWI/SNF complexes and trx-G genes have provided a mechanistic link between chromatin remodeling and transcriptional regulation. Here we discuss recent genetic and biochemical data that has shed light on the molecular mechanisms and pathways associated with Pc-G and trx-G function in developmental processes such as cell cycle control and hematopoiesis. genesis 26:189-197, 2000.
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- T C Gebuhr
- Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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van der Knaap E, Kim JH, Kende H. A novel gibberellin-induced gene from rice and its potential regulatory role in stem growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 122:695-704. [PMID: 10712532 PMCID: PMC58904 DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.3.695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/1999] [Accepted: 11/29/1999] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Os-GRF1 (Oryza sativa-GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR1) was identified in a search for genes that are differentially expressed in the intercalary meristem of deepwater rice (Oryza sativa L.) internodes in response to gibberellin (GA). Os-GRF1 displays general features of transcription factors, contains a functional nuclear localization signal, and has three regions with similarities to sequences in the database. One of these regions is similar to a protein interaction domain of SWI2/SNF2, which is a subunit of a chromatin-remodeling complex in yeast. The two other domains are novel and found only in plant proteins of unknown function. To study its role in plant growth, Os-GRF1 was expressed in Arabidopsis. Stem elongation of transformed plants was severely inhibited, and normal growth could not be recovered by the application of GA. Our results indicate that Os-GRF1 belongs to a novel class of plant proteins and may play a regulatory role in GA-induced stem elongation.
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- E van der Knaap
- Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312, USA
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