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Developmental and environmental signals induce distinct histone acetylation profiles on distal and proximal promoter elements of the C4-Pepc gene in maize.

Sascha Offermann, Björn Dreesen, Ina Horst, Tanja Danker, Michal Jaskiewicz, Christoph Peterhansel

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Article in Genetics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sascha OffermannRWTH Aachen, Biology I, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
Björn Dreesen
Ina Horst
Tanja Danker
Michal Jaskiewicz
Christoph Peterhansel
RWTH Aachen University · DE

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Abstract

The maize C(4)-Pepc gene is expressed in an organ- and cell-type-specific manner, inducible by light and modulated by nutrient availability and the metabolic state of the cell. We studied the contribution of histone acetylation at five lysine residues to the integration of these signals into a graduated promoter response. In roots and coleoptiles, where the gene is constitutively inactive, three of the five lysines were acetylated and the modifications showed unique patterns with respect to their distribution on the gene. A similar pattern was observed in etiolated leaves, where the gene is poised for activation by light. Here, illumination selectively induced the acetylation of histone H4 lysine 5 and histone H3 lysine 9 in both the promoter and the transcribed region, again with unique distribution patterns. Induction was independent of transcription and fully reversible in the dark. Nitrate and hexose availability modulated acetylation of all five lysines restricted to a distal promoter region, whereas proximal promoter acetylation was highly resistant to these stimuli. Our data suggest that light induction of acetylation is controlled by regulating HDAC activity, whereas metabolic signals regulate HAT activity. Acetylation turnover rates were high in the distal promoter and the transcribed regions, but low on the proximal promoter. On the basis of these results, we propose a model with three levels of stimulus-induced histone modifications that collectively adjust promoter activity. The results support a charge neutralization model for the distal promoter and a stimulus-mediated, but transcription-independent, histone acetylation pattern on the core promoter, which might be part of a more complex histone code.

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Genes, PlantPromoter Regions, GeneticAcetylationHistone AcetyltransferasesHistonesLightLysinePhosphoenolpyruvate CarboxylasePlant LeavesTranscription, GeneticZea maysHistone AcetyltransferasesHistonesLysinePhosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase

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PMID18689888
PMCPMC2516067
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