Structure-function relationship of H2A-H2B specific plant histone chaperones.

ABSTRACT: Studies on chromatin structure and function have gained a revived popularity. Histone chaperones are significant players in chromatin organization. They play a significant role in vital nuclear functions like transcription, DNA replication, DNA repair, DNA recombination, and epigenetic regulation, primarily by aiding processes such as histone shuttling and nucleosome assembly/disassembly. Like the other eukaryotes, plants also have a highly orchestrated and dynamic chromatin organization. Plants seem to have more isoforms within the same family of histone chaperones, as compared with other organisms. As some of these are specific to plants, they must have evolved to perform functions unique to plants. However, it appears that only little effort has gone into understanding the structural fe

SUBMITTER: Kumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6985425 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature