Project description:We report the application of single-molecule-based sequencing technology for high-throughput profiling of HDA6 in 14 days old arabidopsis. By obtaining sequence from chromatin immunoprecipitated DNA, we generated genome-wide HDA6-binding maps of 14 days old arabidopsis. To reveal bound genes by HDA6, chimeric protein HDA6-GFP was expressed under HDA6 promoter in hda6 (HDA6pro:HDA6:GFP/ hda6). ChIP was performed using anti-GFP antibody (ab290; ABCAM), and ChIP DNA were analyzed by Illumina HiSeq 2500.
Project description:In eukaryotes, histone acetylation is a major modification on histone N-terminal tails that is tightly connected to transcriptional activation. HDA6 is a histone deacetylase involved in the transcriptional regulation of genes and transposable elements (TEs) in Arabidopsis thaliana. HDA6 has been shown to participate in several complexes in plants, including a conserved SIN3 complex. Here, we uncover a novel protein complex containing HDA6, several Harbinger transposon-derived proteins (HHP1, SANT1, SANT2, SANT3, and SANT4), and MBD domain-containing proteins (MBD1, MBD2, and MBD4). We show that mutations of all four SANT genes in the sant-null mutant cause increased expression of the flowering repressors FLC, MAF4, and MAF5, resulting in a late flowering phenotype. Transcriptome deep sequencing reveals that while the SANT proteins and HDA6 regulate the expression of largely overlapping sets of genes, TE silencing is unaffected in sant-null mutants. Our global histone H3 acetylation profiling shows that SANT proteins and HDA6 modulate gene expression through deacetylation. Collectively, our findings suggest that Harbinger transposon-derived SANT domain-containing proteins are required for histone deacetylation and flowering time control in plants.
