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United States: Oxford University Press, American Society of Plant Biologists
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
Quelle
Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Repressive epigenetic marks, such as DNA and histone methylation, are sometimes located within introns. In Arabidopsis (
), INCREASE IN BONSAI METHYLATION2 (IBM2), an RNA-binding protein containing a bromo-adjacent homology domain, is required to process functional transcript isoforms of genes carrying intronic heterochromatin. In a genetic screen for suppressors of the
mutation, we identified FPA, an RNA-binding protein that promotes use of proximal polyadenylation sites in genes targeted by IBM2, including
encoding an essential H3K9 histone demethylase and the disease resistance gene
Both IBM2 and FPA are involved in the processing of their common mRNA targets: Transcription of IBM2 target genes is restored when
is mutated in
and impaired in transgenic plants overexpressing
By contrast, transposons targeted by IBM2 and localized outside introns are not under this antagonistic control. The DNA methylation patterns of some genes and transposons are modified in
plants, including the large intron of
, but these changes are rather limited and reversed when the mutant is complemented, indicating that FPA has a restricted role in mediating silencing. These data reveal a complex regulation by IBM2 and FPA pathways in processing mRNAs of genes bearing heterochromatic marks.