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CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102008
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- NSF CAREER [MCB-1552455]
- NIH-MIRA [R35GM124806]
- USDA Hatch [1012915]
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Epigenetic modifications play important regulatory roles in plants, animals, and fungi, with chromatin reader domains acting as key interpreters in these processes. Recent studies have identified novel reader proteins with diverse functions and mechanisms in plants.
Epigenetic modifications are important gene regulatory mechanisms conserved in plants, animals, and fungi. Chromatin reader domains are protein-protein/DNA interaction modules acting within the chromatin-modifying complex to function as molecular interpreters of the epigenetic code. Understanding how reader proteins recognize specific epigenetic modifications and mediate downstream chromatin and transcriptional events is fundamental to many biological processes. Recent studies have uncovered a number of novel reader proteins with diverse functions and mechanisms in plants. Here, we provide an overview of the recent progress on reader-mark recognition modes, the mechanisms by which reader proteins influence chromatin dynamics, and how reader-chromatin interactions regulate biological function. Because of space limitations, this review focuses on reader domains in plants that specifically bind histone methylation, histone acetylation, and DNA methylation.
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