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H3K27me3 Dynamic Turnover as a Gate Keeper of Defence Gene Expression in

Evangelia-Niki Pentari, Rory Osborne, Alonso Javier Pardal, Vardis Ntoukakis

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Evangelia-Niki PentariSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0009-0001-5893-1735
Rory OsborneSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Alonso Javier PardalDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QX, UK.
Vardis NtoukakisSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0069-6004

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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M01116X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHistone 3 lysine 27 tri-methylation (H3K27me3) is a chromatin mark typically associated with transcriptional repression. Histone demethylation, and particularly the removal of H3K27me3, has been linked to abiotic stress tolerance in plants. However, less is known about its role in biotic stress responses.

methodsWe exploited immunity-related transcriptomics data combined with chromatin-state data to identify an association between chromatin modifications and plant immunity in

resultsWe identified H3K27me3 as a mark correlated with the silencing of defence gene loci. Moreover, we showed that the expression of a subset of flg22-induced genes is repressed by H3K27me3 prior to elicitation, and that expression negatively correlates with the mark upon activation of immunity. Notably, our studies also revealed a role for the H3K27 demethylase REF6 in plant defence. Loss of REF6 allows ectopic H3K27me3 deposition at target genes, revealing that these loci are actively regulated by the demethylase.

conclusionsOur data provide insight into the regulation of plant immune responses through chromatin dynamics.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantHistonesPlant ImmunityChromatinHistone DemethylasesMethylationTranscription FactorsArabidopsis ProteinsChromatinHistone DemethylasesHistonesREF6 protein, ArabidopsisTranscription Factorschromatin statesH3K27me3histone demethylasespattern-triggered immunity

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PMCPMC13512190

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