Molecular basis of locus-specific H3K9 methylation catalyzed by SUVH6 in plants

J Zhang, J Yuan, J Lin, L Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Dimethylated histone H3 Lys9 (H3K9me2) is a conserved heterochromatic mark catalyzed
by SUPPRESSOR OF VARIEGATION 3-9 HOMOLOG (SUVH) methyltransferases in plants …

Locus-Specific Control of DNA Methylation by the Arabidopsis SUVH5 Histone Methyltransferase

ML Ebbs, J Bender - The Plant Cell, 2006 - academic.oup.com
In Arabidopsis thaliana, heterochromatin formation is guided by double-stranded RNA
(dsRNA), which triggers methylation of histone H3 at Lys-9 (H3 mK9) and CG plus non-CG …

The SUVR4 histone lysine methyltransferase binds ubiquitin and converts H3K9me1 to H3K9me3 on transposon chromatin in Arabidopsis

SV Veiseth, MA Rahman, KL Yap, A Fischer… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Chromatin structure and gene expression are regulated by posttranslational modifications
(PTMs) on the N-terminal tails of histones. Mono-, di-, or trimethylation of lysine residues by …

Mechanistic insights into plant SUVH family H3K9 methyltransferases and their binding to context-biased non-CG DNA methylation

X Li, CJ Harris, Z Zhong, W Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
DNA methylation functions in gene silencing and the maintenance of genome integrity. In
plants, non-CG DNA methylation is linked through a self-reinforcing loop with histone 3 …

The SET-domain protein SUVR5 mediates H3K9me2 deposition and silencing at stimulus response genes in a DNA methylation–independent manner

E Caro, H Stroud, MVC Greenberg, YV Bernatavichute… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
In eukaryotic cells, environmental and developmental signals alter chromatin structure and
modulate gene expression. Heterochromatin constitutes the transcriptionally inactive state of …

Pivotal role of AtSUVH2 in heterochromatic histone methylation and gene silencing in Arabidopsis

K Naumann, A Fischer, I Hofmann, V Krauss… - The EMBO …, 2005 - embopress.org
SU (VAR) 3–9 like histone methyltransferases control heterochromatic domains in
eukaryotes. In Arabidopsis, 10 SUVH genes encode SU (VAR) 3–9 homologues where …

Developmentally non-redundant SET domain proteins SUVH2 and SUVH9 are required for transcriptional gene silencing in Arabidopsis thaliana

M Kuhlmann, MF Mette - Plant molecular biology, 2012 - Springer
In plants, RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) and related transcriptional gene silencing
(TGS) involve members of the suppressor of variegation 3-9-homologous (SUVH) group of …

SUVR2 is involved in transcriptional gene silencing by associating with SNF2-related chromatin-remodeling proteins in Arabidopsis

YF Han, K Dou, ZY Ma, SW Zhang, HW Huang, L Li… - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract The SU (VAR) 3-9-like histone methyltransferases usually catalyze repressive
histone H3K9 methylation and are involved in transcriptional gene silencing in eukaryotic …

Mechanistic insights into allosteric regulation of methylated DNA and histone H3 recognition by SRA and SET domains of SUVH5 and the basis for di‐methylation of …

S Abhishek, W Deeksha, E Rajakumara - The FEBS Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Su‐(var) 3–9 homologue 5 (SUVH5), a member of SUVH family of histone lysine
methyltransferase (HKMT) in Arabidopsis, is involved in epigenetic regulation of chromatin …

The Arabidopsis SUVR4 protein is a nucleolar histone methyltransferase with preference for monomethylated H3K9

T Thorstensen, A Fischer, SV Sandvik… - Nucleic acids …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Proteins containing the evolutionarily conserved SET domain are involved in regulation of
eukaryotic gene expression and chromatin structure through their histone lysine …