It is fascinating to know that two meters of human DNA are packed inside ∼1000 µm3 nucleus. How this amazing packing occurs in nature was a great mystery until the discovery of nucleosome and its structural organizations. Nucleosome is a basic unit of chromatin that consists of 146 bp fragment of DNA wrapped around a protein octamer known as histone. One nucleosome contains two molecules of each Histone 2A, Histone 2B, Histone 3 and Histone 4. Besides that, Histone 1 is linked with DNA that connects various histones in the nucleosome (Kamakaka and Biggins, 2005). All these histone proteins belong to different gene families but this review will focus on histone 3 gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Histone 3 gene family
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Histone3.3 impacts plant development and transcription
H3.3 is encoded by three HISTONE 3 RELATED (HTR) genes, HTR4 (At4g40030), HTR5 (At4g40040), and HTR8 (At5g10980), which are expressed in all tissues throughout the developmental stages (Okada et al., 2005). Wollmann and colleagues studied function of the H3.3 in Arabidopsis by utilizing mutant lines (Wollmann et al., 2017). Since single and double mutant of H3.3 subfamily did not have phenotype, triple mutant was used for the study. h3.3 kd-1 and h3.3 kd-3 plants were smaller than wild type and had serrated leaf margin and decreased fertility (Figure 2). H3.3 knockdown caused a variety of pleiotropic effects in plants possibly by changing the transcription. Thus, the impact of H3.3 knockdown on transcription was studied by using RNA-seq analysis. More than 900 genes were significantly mis-regulated in h3.3kd with the majority being downregulated (Figure. 2). Gene ontology term analysis (GO-Term) of downregulated genes revealed a large variety of response processes, including environmental and endogenous stimuli. Wollmann and colleague demonstrated that H3.3 is not required for gene expression in a global scale but the loss of H3.3 directly or indirectly affects the expression of genes related to response to internal and external stimuli.
H3.1 binds to silent genes and H3.3 binds to active genes
To determine the genome wide binding of H3.1 and H3.3 proteins, Chromatin
histone – these are a type of protein that help to organize the DNA. There are 8 histones that make up one group. Each have tails that are covered with chemical tags and stick out of the protein grouping. The chemical tags on the tails affect how they interact with DNA.
The nucleus is enclosed in a nuclear membrane which has pores to allow RNA and proteins. The nucleus functions the activity in a plant cell and stores the plant’s DNA. (Plant Cell Anatomy, n.d.)
The EZH2 (enhance of zeste homolog2) is an enzyme that in humans is fixed by EZH2 and its supply the information’s about making of enzyme called a histone methyltransferase In this experiment PCR2 was examined whilst the EZH2 contributes to chemical modification. This resulted in repression. The aim of the study was to re-clone the EZH2 gene from 5’ to 3’ into another plasmid with pBluescript II KS fusing together with EZH2 moving forward. The histidine tags originate in the plasmid. Methods used encountered E.coli transformation, PCR, restriction enzymes, plasmid mini-preps and agarose gel electrophoresis. The end result lead to a 3’ to 5’ of EZH2 inserts. There was a good link which showed that the returning agar plate ensured that the collection of colonies consisted of forward oriented inserts.
Clearly, it performs a significant role in the development of the organism on multiple levels. Chromatin directs the course of a cell’s specialization from the time the zygote divides, resulting in the physical structure of a multicellular organism. Evolutionary development is also impacted when an altered form of the chromatin is inherited by the offspring of an organism. Regulation of the chromatin at the level of transcription also provides much insight to the maintenance of the genetic materials, which determines its expression during growth and
Apart from PTMs of the H3 nucleosomes, the centromere code is also unique because CENP-A nucleosomes also undergo PTMs and regulate centromere function (Figure 1). The centromeric histone H4 of CENP-A containing nucleosomes undergo monomethylation at Lysine 20 following deposition of CENP-A into centromeres[94, 95]. When present in the H3 nucleosome, H4K20me1 is associated with transcribed regions throughout the genome[96]. Targeting the H4K20me1-specific demethylase PHF8 to centromeres reduces centromeric level of H4K20me1 and results in reduced recruitment of CENPT and CENP-H[94]. It is not yet clear whether this conserved H4K20me1 is directly responsible for the recruitment of the kinetochore components, or if it is an indirect effect caused by reduced
.. There were two main research goals associated with this experiment. How do expressions of miRNAs that deal with nutrient uptake and flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana change with nutrient stress conditions? Also, what features of miRNA purification and qRT-PCR techniques should be altered for use in the experiment? MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules that play in an important role in regulating gene expression in multiple developmental and signaling pathway. MiRNAs are not translated into proteins, but instead function as negative regulators for translation by blocking mRNA protein synthesis. There are four different miRNAs examined in this experiment, miR156, miR395, miR398, and miR399, and each miRNA plays a different function in
Aging is a process through which organism’s functionality decline systematically. The decrease in human organism is due to genetic cellular and molecular modifications. The level of changes on the longevity of the plant can affect it in several ways in a gradual process as the age progresses with time. According to Finch, the process of aging can also have a definition that it is the accumulation of underlying molecular errors (Finch,2007). These errors with time eventually corrupt the adult stem cells. The effect of the accumulating errors is due to some epigenetic and genetic interactions (Finch, 2007). Lerner found out that the genetic interactions rely on the heredity, stochastic and environmental factors (Lerner et al, 2013). The
The unique and primary proteins of DNA, the highly basic histone proteins have been found to be ubiquitous and conserved among eukaryotes. DNA and histones co-exist as a closely associated and highly coiled structure. The purpose of such a structural organization is to compact DNA; which would otherwise be too long to be accommodated within the restricted boundaries of a single cell. Core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) and Linker histones (H1) are the two types that this unique protein is composed of. These Core histone exhibit a structured organization with H2A and H2B forming dimers and H3 and H4 forming tetramers. Along with approximately 146 base pairs of DNA, these core histones form a heterotypic nucleosome complex; weighing about 206
On one hand, target gene of interest are responsible for economically important characteristics and mega adaptation. Such characteristics include pest and disease resistance, male sterility, self-incompatibility, and others related to shape, color, and architecture of whole plants and are often of mono- or oligogenic in nature. Often the target gene can be detected phenotypically, and markers are used to select for the
There are many possible outcomes regarding this proposed experiment. If MSL components are present at all targeted sites this will support my initial hypothesis that CLAMP and roX are sufficient for MSL recruitment to a HAS like autosomal site. In this case, I will first perform RT-qPCR to measure transcript abundance for genes near the targeted loci to determine if the rate of their transcription has been increased due to MSL recruitment. I will also test the retargeting of each factor alone to see if they are mutually required for MSL recruitment. Additionally I will test whether recruitment of MSL complex depends on the presence of H3K36me3 histone modification by determining whether tethering CLAMP
In order to understand how the human genome works, it is necessary to understand how a cell works. A cell has eight parts. The first is the plasma membrane which is the outer coating of the cell. The second is the cytoplasm which contains the cell’s functioning parts. The lysosomes and peroxisomes recycle any worn out cell parts. The golgi apparatus is involved in molecule packaging and transport. Mitochondria contain some of the cell’s DNA. Ribosomes are responsible for creating proteins. The nucleus contains most of the cell’s genetic instructions (. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is an arrangement of nucleotides in the shape of a double helix (a spiraling ladder). Nucleotides have three components: one sugar molecule, one phosphate molecule, and a base pair. A base pair consists of two chemical bases which vary between T (thymine), A (adenine), G (guanine), and C (cytosine). Base pairs will pair up in a certain way:
In order to appreciate the overall structure of chromatin, the structure of DNA should be first understood at the deepest level. DNA has a primary structure composed a strand of nucleotide units. These units are composed of a phosphate linked to the 5’ position of a deoxyribose sugar. One of four nucleotide bases, adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine, is connected to the 1’ position on the deoxyribose. These strands of nucleotides occur in pairs, which run antiparallel to one another, allowing the bases to form hydrogen bonds with their complementary pair. Adenine pairs with thymine, forming two hydrogen bonds
Organisms are exposed to different kinds of environmental stresses during their life cycle. To cope up with environment assaults, plants and animals undergo some homeostasis alterations during somatic growth and heritable (transgenerational) gene expression modifications. The heritable changes can occur without any changes in base sequences and is commonly known as epigenetics. Molecular mechanisms of epigenetic modification includes DNA methylation, histone modification (methylation, acetylation, uniquitination, phosphorylation, ribosylation, and biotinylation), small RNA mediated regulation and chromatin remodeling (Wagner, 2003; Vanyushin, 2006). All of these mechanisms may be regulated by different environmental stresses. Studies have revealed altered gene expression in plants, in response to stress conditions that can be fixed epigenetically and inherited to next generation, forming epigenetic stress memories.
During the development of multicellular organisms, the fate of a cell is often determined by the influence of neighboring cells or tissues. The molecular mechanisms by which such inductive signals cause changes in the genetic program of the responding cell remain largely unknown. In the early stages of the response, signals from the cell surface must lead to modifications in the activity of one or more pre-existing transcription factors, which then set in motion the appropriate cascade of gene activation. Post-translational activation of transcription factors has been demonstrated in a number of cases, including steroid hormone receptors (Glineur et al. 1990), the yeast heat shock response factor (Sorger and Pelham 1988), and the mammalian factor AP-1 (Angel et al. 1987; Lee et al. 1987). The activation of transcription factors in response to inductive signals during development has proved more difficult to demonstrate, largely because the critical transcription factors have not been identified. Cell identities in the developing eye of Drosophila are determined by induction, and mutations in several genes that encode putative transcription factors have been shown to disrupt normal eye development (Tomlinson 1988; Banerjee and Zipursky 1990). Here, it is shown that one of these genes, glass, encodes a site-specific DNA-binding protein and that glass function, in its broadest sense, is regulated at the protein level. The glass gene is required for the normal development of
Six GhTRX genes were selected randomly to analyze their function in specific tissue, leaf development stages, phytohormones and abiotic stress. In specific tissue, all genes were highly expressed in various tissues suggesting that these genes may have crucial functions in cotton growth and development. These results agree with previous study in