Mol. Cells 2009; 27(4): 481-490
Published online April 13, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10059-009-0054-7
© The Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology
Diverse posttranslational modifications of histones, such as acetylation and methylation, play important roles in controlling gene expression. Histone methylation in par-ticular is involved in a broad range of biological processes, including heterochromatin formation, X-chromosome inactivation, genomic imprinting, and tran-scriptional regulation. Recently, it has been demonstrated that proteins containing the Jumonji (Jmj) C domain can demethylate histones. In Arabidopsis, twenty-one genes encode JmjC domain-containing proteins, which can be clustered into five clades. To address the biological roles of the Arabidopsis genes encoding JmjC-domain proteins, we analyzed the temporal and spatial expression patterns of nine genes. RT-PCR analyses indicate all nine Arabidopsis thaliana Jmj (AtJmj) genes studied are actively expressed in vari-ous tissues. Furthermore, studies of transgenic plants harboring AtJmj::β-glucuronidase fusion constructs reveal that these nine AtJmj genes are expressed in a developmentally and spatially regulated manner.
Keywords Arabidopsis, demethylase, epigenetics, histone demethylation, Jumonji
Mol. Cells 2009; 27(4): 481-490
Published online April 30, 2009 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10059-009-0054-7
Copyright © The Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology.
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Diverse posttranslational modifications of histones, such as acetylation and methylation, play important roles in controlling gene expression. Histone methylation in par-ticular is involved in a broad range of biological processes, including heterochromatin formation, X-chromosome inactivation, genomic imprinting, and tran-scriptional regulation. Recently, it has been demonstrated that proteins containing the Jumonji (Jmj) C domain can demethylate histones. In Arabidopsis, twenty-one genes encode JmjC domain-containing proteins, which can be clustered into five clades. To address the biological roles of the Arabidopsis genes encoding JmjC-domain proteins, we analyzed the temporal and spatial expression patterns of nine genes. RT-PCR analyses indicate all nine Arabidopsis thaliana Jmj (AtJmj) genes studied are actively expressed in vari-ous tissues. Furthermore, studies of transgenic plants harboring AtJmj::β-glucuronidase fusion constructs reveal that these nine AtJmj genes are expressed in a developmentally and spatially regulated manner.
Keywords: Arabidopsis, demethylase, epigenetics, histone demethylation, Jumonji
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