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ArticleNucleic acids research2022

Phosphorylation of the FACT histone chaperone subunit SPT16 affects chromatin at RNA polymerase II transcriptional start sites in Arabidopsis.

Philipp Michl-Holzinger, Simon Obermeyer, Hanna Markusch, Alexander Pfab, Andreas Ettner, Astrid Bruckmann, Sabrina Babl, Gernot Längst, Uwe Schwartz, Andrey Tvardovskiy and 4 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Philipp Michl-HolzingerDepartment of Cell Biology & Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Simon ObermeyerDepartment of Cell Biology & Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Hanna MarkuschDepartment of Cell Biology & Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Alexander PfabDepartment of Cell Biology & Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Andreas EttnerDepartment of Cell Biology & Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Astrid BruckmannInstitute for Biochemistry I, Centre for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Sabrina BablInstitute for Biochemistry III, Centre for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Gernot LängstInstitute for Biochemistry III, Centre for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8232-1179
Uwe SchwartzNGS Analysis Centre, Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Andrey TvardovskiyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Ole N JensenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Akihisa OsakabeGregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Frédéric BergerGregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3609-8260
Klaus D GrasserDepartment of Cell Biology & Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7080-5520
University of Regensburg · DEGregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology · ATUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The heterodimeric histone chaperone FACT, consisting of SSRP1 and SPT16, contributes to dynamic nucleosome rearrangements during various DNA-dependent processes including transcription. In search of post-translational modifications that may regulate the activity of FACT, SSRP1 and SPT16 were isolated from Arabidopsis cells and analysed by mass spectrometry. Four acetylated lysine residues could be mapped within the basic C-terminal region of SSRP1, while three phosphorylated serine/threonine residues were identified in the acidic C-terminal region of SPT16. Mutational analysis of the SSRP1 acetylation sites revealed only mild effects. However, phosphorylation of SPT16 that is catalysed by protein kinase CK2, modulates histone interactions. A non-phosphorylatable version of SPT16 displayed reduced histone binding and proved inactive in complementing the growth and developmental phenotypes of spt16 mutant plants. In plants expressing the non-phosphorylatable SPT16 version we detected at a subset of genes enrichment of histone H3 directly upstream of RNA polymerase II transcriptional start sites (TSSs) in a region that usually is nucleosome-depleted. This suggests that some genes require phosphorylation of the SPT16 acidic region for establishing the correct nucleosome occupancy at the TSS of active genes.

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ArabidopsisHistone ChaperonesNucleosomesTranscription Initiation SiteChromatinHistonesPhosphorylationRNA Polymerase IITranscriptional Elongation FactorsChromatinHistone ChaperonesHistonesNucleosomesRNA Polymerase IITranscriptional Elongation Factors

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PMID35489065
PMCPMC9122599
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