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  • The PEAT protein complexes are required for histone deacetylation and heterochromatin silencing.

The PEAT protein complexes are required for histone deacetylation and heterochromatin silencing.

The EMBO journal (2018-08-15)
Lian-Mei Tan, Cui-Jun Zhang, Xiao-Mei Hou, Chang-Rong Shao, Yu-Jia Lu, Jin-Xing Zhou, Yong-Qiang Li, Lin Li, She Chen, Xin-Jian He
ABSTRACT

In eukaryotes, heterochromatin regions are typically subjected to transcriptional silencing. DNA methylation has an important role in such silencing and has been studied extensively. However, little is known about how methylated heterochromatin regions are subjected to silencing. We conducted a genetic screen and identified an epcr (enhancer of polycomb-related) mutant that releases heterochromatin silencing in Arabidopsis thaliana We demonstrated that EPCR1 functions redundantly with its paralog EPCR2 and interacts with PWWP domain-containing proteins (PWWPs), AT-rich interaction domain-containing proteins (ARIDs), and telomere repeat binding proteins (TRBs), thus forming multiple functionally redundant protein complexes named PEAT (PWWPs-EPCRs-ARIDs-TRBs). The PEAT complexes mediate histone deacetylation and heterochromatin condensation and thereby facilitate heterochromatin silencing. In heterochromatin regions, the production of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and DNA methylation is repressed by the PEAT complexes. The study reveals how histone deacetylation, heterochromatin condensation, siRNA production, and DNA methylation interplay with each other and thereby maintain heterochromatin silencing.

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