The plant-specific histone residue Phe41 is important for genome-wide H3.1 distribution

Li Lu; Xiangsong Chen; Shuiming Qian; Xuehua Zhong

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02976-9

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

The plant-specific histone residue Phe41 is important for genome-wide H3.1 distribution

Li Lu,
Xiangsong Chen,
Shuiming Qian,
Xuehua Zhong

Affiliations

Li Lu: Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Xiangsong Chen: Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Shuiming Qian: Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Xuehua Zhong: Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02976-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The canonical histone variant H3.1 of vascular plants contains a conserved Phe residue at position 41 that is unique to the plant kingdom. Here, Lu et al. provide evidence that H3.1Phe41 acts collaboratively with the H3.1 core domain to restrict H3.1 deposition to silent regions of the genome.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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