NDLI: An RNA polymerase II- and AGO4-associated protein acts in RNA-directed DNA methylation

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Author	Gao, Zhihuan Liu, Hai-liang Lucia, Daxinger Pontes, Olga He, Xinjian Qian, Weiqiang Lin, Huixin Xie, Mingtang Lorkovic, Zdravko J. Zhang, Shoudong Miki, Daisuke Zhan, Xianqiang Pontier, Dominique Lagrange, Thierry Jin, Hailing Matzke, Antonius J. Matzke, Marjori Pikaard, Craig S. Zhu, Jian-kang
Abstract	DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark in many eukaryotes1-5. In plants, 24-nt small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) bound to the effector protein, Argonaute 4 (AGO4) can direct de novo DNA methylation by the methyltransferase DRM22,4-6. Here we report a new regulator of RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) in Arabidopsis: RDM1. Loss-of-function mutations in the RDM1 gene impair the accumulation of 24-nt siRNAs, reduce DNA methylation, and release transcriptional gene silencing at RdDM target loci. RDM1 encodes a small protein that appears to bind single-stranded methyl DNA, and associates and co-localizes with RNA polymerase II, AGO4 and DRM2 in the nucleus. Our results suggest that RDM1 is a component of the RdDM effector complex and may play a role in linking siRNA production with pre-existing or de novo cytosine methylation. Our results also suggest that although RDM1 and Pol V may function together at some RdDM target sites in the peri-nucleolar siRNA processing center, Pol II rather than Pol V is associated with the RdDM effector complex at target sites in the nucleoplasm.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature09025
Ending Page	109
Page Count	4
Starting Page	106
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00280836
e-ISSN	14764687
Journal	Nature
Issue Number	7294
Volume Number	465
Language	English
Publisher Date	2010-05-06
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	General Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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