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| Citation |
Kumar, SV and Wigge, PA (2010) H2A.Z-containing nucleosomes mediate the thermosensory response in Arabidopsis. Cell 140:136-47 |
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| Abstract |
Plants are highly sensitive to temperature and can perceive a difference of as little as 1 degrees C. How temperature is sensed and integrated in development is unknown. In a forward genetic screen in Arabidopsis, we have found that nucleosomes containing the alternative histone H2A.Z are essential to perceiving ambient temperature correctly. Genotypes deficient in incorporating H2A.Z into nucleosomes phenocopy warm grown plants, and show a striking constitutive warm temperature transcriptome. We show that nucleosomes containing H2A.Z display distinct responses to temperature in vivo, independently of transcription. Using purified nucleosomes, we are able to show that H2A.Z confers distinct DNA-unwrapping properties on nucleosomes, indicating a direct mechanism for the perception of temperature through DNA-nucleosome fluctuations. Our results show that H2A.Z-containing nucleosomes provide thermosensory information that is used to coordinate the ambient temperature transcriptome. We observe the same effect in budding yeast, indicating that this is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism. |
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PubMed Online version:10.1016/j.cell.2009.11.006 |
| Keywords |
Arabidopsis/physiology; Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism; DNA, Plant/metabolism; Gene Expression Profiling; HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism; Histones/physiology; Microfilament Proteins/metabolism; Nucleosomes/metabolism; Temperature |
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