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ArticleNature plants2024

An RdDM-independent function of Pol V transcripts in gene regulation and plant defence.

Yuxiang Yuan, Yujie Liu, Lu Han, Yan Li, Yijun Qi

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Article in Nature plants, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Yuxiang Yuan *Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0266-5092
Yujie Liu *Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-5217-9951
Lu HanCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-5467-9040
Yan LiCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8512-5915
Yijun QiCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. qiyijun@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7100-1700

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Abstract

RNA polymerase V (Pol V) and Pol IV are known to be specialized for RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM). Here we report that Pol V, but not Pol IV, regulates hundreds of genes including jasmonic acid-responsive genes and confers plant defence to Botrytis cinerea and Spodoptera exigua. About half of the Pol V-regulated genes are associated with Pol V transcripts (PVTs). We thus hypothesized that some PVTs could regulate gene expression in an RdDM-independent manner. To test this hypothesis, we studied three PVTs, PVT-ERF5a/b and PVT-ERF6, as models. PVT-ERF5a/b and PVT-ERF6 are transcribed from the upstream regions of ERF5 and ERF6 and positively regulate their transcription, thereby regulating plant defence. Such regulation involves PVT-dependent H3K4me3 deposition and requires the DRD1-DMS3-RDM1 complex that mediates Pol V recruitment to the target loci. These findings highlight an unprecedented role for PVTs in regulating gene transcription, apart from serving as scaffold RNAs to direct DNA methylation.

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DNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesDNA MethylationGene Expression Regulation, PlantAnimalsArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsBotrytisPlant DiseasesSpodopteraArabidopsis ProteinsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesRNA polymerase V, Arabidopsis

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