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- Title
The evolution and functional divergence of the histone H2B family in plants.
- Authors
Jiang, Danhua; Borg, Michael; Lorković, Zdravko J.; Montgomery, Sean A.; Osakabe, Akihisa; Yelagandula, Ramesh; Axelsson, Elin; Berger, Frédéric
- Abstract
Chromatin regulation of eukaryotic genomes depends on the formation of nucleosome complexes between histone proteins and DNA. Histone variants, which are diversified by sequence or expression pattern, can profoundly alter chromatin properties. While variants in histone H2A and H3 families are well characterized, the extent of diversification of histone H2B proteins is less understood. Here, we report a systematic analysis of the histone H2B family in plants, which have undergone substantial divergence during the evolution of each major group in the plant kingdom. By characterising Arabidopsis H2Bs, we substantiate this diversification and reveal potential functional specialization that parallels the phylogenetic structure of emergent clades in eudicots. In addition, we identify a new class of highly divergent H2B variants, H2B.S, that specifically accumulate during chromatin compaction of dry seed embryos in multiple species of flowering plants. Our findings thus identify unsuspected diverse properties among histone H2B proteins in plants that has manifested into potentially novel groups of histone variants. Author summary: In addition to well-studied variants from core histones families H2A and H3, we report that land plants diversified their H2B family, leading to specialized H2B variants with specific patterns of expression, genomic distributions and properties.
- Subjects
PLANT proteins; EUKARYOTIC genomes; HISTONES; FLOWERING of plants; CHROMATIN-remodeling complexes; CHROMATIN; PLANTS
- Publication
PLoS Genetics, 2020, Vol 16, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
1553-7390
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pgen.1008964