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Chromatin mapping identifies BasR, a key regulator of bacteria-triggered production of fungal secondary metabolites
Ist Teil von
eLife, 2018-10, Vol.7
Ort / Verlag
England: eLife Science Publications, Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
Quelle
MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The eukaryotic epigenetic machinery can be modified by bacteria to reprogram the response of eukaryotes during their interaction with microorganisms. We discovered that the bacterium
triggered increased chromatin acetylation and thus activation of the silent secondary metabolism
gene cluster in the fungus
. Using this model, we aim understanding mechanisms of microbial communication based on bacteria-triggered chromatin modification. Using genome-wide ChIP-seq analysis of acetylated histone H3, we uncovered the unique chromatin landscape in
upon co-cultivation with
and relate changes in the acetylation to that in the fungal transcriptome. Differentially acetylated histones were detected in genes involved in secondary metabolism, in amino acid and nitrogen metabolism, in signaling, and encoding transcription factors. Further molecular analyses identified the Myb-like transcription factor BasR as the regulatory node for transduction of the bacterial signal in the fungus and show its function is conserved in other
species.