Plant Elongator-mediated transcriptional control in a chromatin and epigenetic context

Publication date: August 2016
Source:Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, Volume 1859, Issue 8
Author(s): Magdalena Woloszynska, Sabine Le Gall, Mieke Van Lijsebettens
Elongator (Elp) genes were identified in plants by the leaf growth-altering elo mutations in the yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) gene homologs. Protein purification of the Elongator complex from Arabidopsis thaliana cell cultures confirmed its conserved structure and composition. The Elongator function in plant growth, development, and immune response is well-documented in the elp/elo mutants and correlated with the histone acetyl transferase activity of the ELP3/ELO3 subunit at the coding part of key regulatory genes of developmental and immune response pathways. Here we will focus on additional roles in transcription, such as the cytosine demethylation activity of ELP3/ELO3 at gene promoter regions and primary microRNA transcription and processing through the ELP2 subunit interaction with components of the small interference RNA machinery. Furthermore, specific interactions and upstream regulators support a role for Elongator in transcription and might reveal mechanistic insights into the specificity of the histone acetyl transferase and cytosine demethylation activities for target genes.



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