2023
H3.1K27me1 loss confers Arabidopsis resistance to Geminivirus by sequestering DNA repair proteins onto host genome
Wang Z, Castillo-González C, Zhao C, Tong C, Li C, Zhong S, Liu Z, Xie K, Zhu J, Wu Z, Peng X, Jacob Y, Michaels S, Jacobsen S, Zhang X. H3.1K27me1 loss confers Arabidopsis resistance to Geminivirus by sequestering DNA repair proteins onto host genome. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 7484. PMID: 37980416, PMCID: PMC10657422, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43311-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA repair proteinsDNA repair pathwaysRepair pathwaysRepair proteinsWild-type plantsDefense-related genesArabidopsis resistanceHeterochromatin amplificationHeterochromatic regionsRAD51 recruitmentRep proteinGenomic instabilityHealthy plantsUnstable genomeHost genomeATXR6GeminivirusesRobust resistanceProteinViral amplificationGenomeMutantsViral DNATransposonPlants
2022
The histone H3.1 variant regulates TONSOKU-mediated DNA repair during replication
Davarinejad H, Huang YC, Mermaz B, LeBlanc C, Poulet A, Thomson G, Joly V, Muñoz M, Arvanitis-Vigneault A, Valsakumar D, Villarino G, Ross A, Rotstein BH, Alarcon EI, Brunzelle JS, Voigt P, Dong J, Couture JF, Jacob Y. The histone H3.1 variant regulates TONSOKU-mediated DNA repair during replication. Science 2022, 375: 1281-1286. PMID: 35298257, PMCID: PMC9153895, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm5320.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTetratricopeptide repeat domainDNA polymerase thetaMulticellular eukaryotesHistone H3.1Replication forksChromatin maturationRepeat domainDNA repairGenomic instabilityPolymerase thetaPosition 31Amino acidsH3.1PlantsReplicationEukaryotesH3.3HistonesMonomethylationVariantsCommon strategyForkResiduesMaturationFunction
2021
H3.1K27me1 maintains transcriptional silencing and genome stability by preventing GCN5-mediated histone acetylation
Dong J, LeBlanc C, Poulet A, Mermaz B, Villarino G, Webb KM, Joly V, Mendez J, Voigt P, Jacob Y. H3.1K27me1 maintains transcriptional silencing and genome stability by preventing GCN5-mediated histone acetylation. The Plant Cell 2021, 33: 961-979. PMID: 33793815, PMCID: PMC8226292, DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koaa027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome stabilityGenomic instabilityHistone acetylationSAGA-like complexesMultiple lysine residuesArabidopsis GCN5ARABIDOPSIS TRITHORAXArabidopsis thalianaTranscriptional silencingHeterochromatin defectsDouble mutantDNA replicationEpigenetic mechanismsGCN5Molecular roleEssential functionsDiverse rolesMolecular mechanismsLysine residuesProtein 5AcetylationMutantsPlantsADA2bATXR6
2017
Increased efficiency of targeted mutagenesis by CRISPR/Cas9 in plants using heat stress
LeBlanc C, Zhang F, Mendez J, Lozano Y, Chatpar K, Irish V, Jacob Y. Increased efficiency of targeted mutagenesis by CRISPR/Cas9 in plants using heat stress. The Plant Journal 2017, 93: 377-386. PMID: 29161464, DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCRISPR/Green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter geneCRISPR/Cas9 systemFluorescent protein reporter geneCRISPR/Cas9Off-target mutationsArabidopsis plantsEukaryotic genomesDifferent organismsSomatic tissuesCitrus plantsCas9 systemDNA breaksReporter geneTarget mutagenesisTargeted mutationsMutation rateMutagenesisImportance of temperatureArabidopsisHeat stressPlantsMutationsQuantitative assayEukaryotes