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ArticleNucleic acids research2025

The SAS chromatin-remodeling complex mediates inflorescence-specific chromatin accessibility for transcription factor binding.

Jing Guo, Zhen-Zhen Liu, Xiao-Min Su, Yin-Na Su, Xin-Jian He

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Biology · 2026
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Jing GuoNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1690-1746
Zhen-Zhen LiuNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China.ORCID 0009-0007-0814-7356
Xiao-Min SuNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2657-3010
Yin-Na SuNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7319-5086
Xin-Jian HeNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2878-7461

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 32025003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the role of transcription factors in flower development is well understood, the impact of chromatin remodeling on this process remains largely unclear. We conducted a comprehensive analysis to investigate the coordination of the SAS, BAS, and MAS-type SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complexes with transcription factors to regulate chromatin accessibility and gene transcription during flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Our findings indicate that the SAS complex binds to numerous genes related to flower development and is responsible for establishing chromatin accessibility of these genes in inflorescences. In contrast, the BAS and MAS complexes exhibit minimal involvement in regulating the accessibility of these genes. The SAS-bound genomic regions and the SAS-dependent accessible regions in infloresences are enriched with sites occupied by multiple MADS family transcription factors involved in flower development. Furthermore, we found that the SAS-dependent accessibility facilitates the binding of the MADS transcription factor AP1 to a subset of its target loci. This study highlights the dynamic role of the SAS complex in modulating the chromatin accessibility and genomic binding of transcription factors during plant development.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsChromatinChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyInflorescenceTranscription FactorsFlowersGene Expression Regulation, PlantMADS Domain ProteinsProtein BindingAP1 protein, ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsChromatinMADS Domain ProteinsTranscription Factors

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