PWO proteins are associated with PRC2 since their emergence in vascular plants

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14740%2F26%3A00144778" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14740/26:00144778 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.71172" target="_blank" >https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.71172</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.71172" target="_blank" >10.1111/nph.71172</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

PWO proteins are associated with PRC2 since their emergence in vascular plants

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), a conserved histone methyltransferase complex, plays a central role in transcriptional silencing across eukaryotes. Here, we investigate the evolution of PWWP-DOMAIN INTERACTORS OF POLYCOMBS (PWOs), which interact with PRC2, and examine the conservation of the PWOs-PRC2 interaction across plant evolution by comparing orthologs from the lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii (Sm) and the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis; At). Phylogenetic data traced the presence of PWO proteins across plant lineages, while protein-protein interaction assays and AlphaFold predictions assessed PWO-PRC2 interactions and structural conservation. Functional complementation assays confirmed PWOs' conserved functions. PWO proteins are present in vascular plants but absent in bryophytes and green algae. The ancestral clade of PWO proteins includes the spikemoss Selaginella moellendorffii (Sm) PWO orthologs SmPWOa and SmPWOb. PWO proteins from vascular plants can interact with PRC2 components from multiple species, including bryophytes, which naturally lack PWOs. The PWO-PRC2 interaction is mediated by a conserved short C-motif. Functional and molecular assays further demonstrate that SmPWOs retain their conserved functions in Arabidopsis. Our data suggest an evolutionarily conserved role for PWOs in modulating PRC2 activity and emphasize how lineage-specific proteins associated with conserved chromatin-modifying complexes may shape epigenetic control mechanisms during evolution.

Název v anglickém jazyce

PWO proteins are associated with PRC2 since their emergence in vascular plants

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), a conserved histone methyltransferase complex, plays a central role in transcriptional silencing across eukaryotes. Here, we investigate the evolution of PWWP-DOMAIN INTERACTORS OF POLYCOMBS (PWOs), which interact with PRC2, and examine the conservation of the PWOs-PRC2 interaction across plant evolution by comparing orthologs from the lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii (Sm) and the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis; At). Phylogenetic data traced the presence of PWO proteins across plant lineages, while protein-protein interaction assays and AlphaFold predictions assessed PWO-PRC2 interactions and structural conservation. Functional complementation assays confirmed PWOs' conserved functions. PWO proteins are present in vascular plants but absent in bryophytes and green algae. The ancestral clade of PWO proteins includes the spikemoss Selaginella moellendorffii (Sm) PWO orthologs SmPWOa and SmPWOb. PWO proteins from vascular plants can interact with PRC2 components from multiple species, including bryophytes, which naturally lack PWOs. The PWO-PRC2 interaction is mediated by a conserved short C-motif. Functional and molecular assays further demonstrate that SmPWOs retain their conserved functions in Arabidopsis. Our data suggest an evolutionarily conserved role for PWOs in modulating PRC2 activity and emphasize how lineage-specific proteins associated with conserved chromatin-modifying complexes may shape epigenetic control mechanisms during evolution.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2026

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

NEW PHYTOLOGIST

ISSN

0028-646X

e-ISSN

1469-8137

Svazek periodika

250

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

4002-4021

Kód UT WoS článku

001744307700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105036291511