Single‐base methylome profiling of the giant kelp Saccharina japonica reveals significant differences in DNA methylation to microalgae and plants
Xiao Fan; Wentao Han; Linhong Teng; Peng Jiang; Xiaowen Zhang; Dong Xu; Chang Li; Matteo Pellegrini · 2019 · New Phytologist
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Abstract
Brown algae have convergently evolved plant-like body plans and reproductive cycles, which in plants are controlled by differential DNA methylation. This contribution provides the first single-base methylome profiles of haploid gametophytes and diploid sporophytes of a multicellular alga. Although only c. 1.4% of cytosines in Saccharina japonica were methylated mainly at CHH sites and characterized by 5-methylcytosine (5mC), there were significant differences between life-cycle stages. DNA methyltransferase 2 (DNMT2), known to efficiently catalyze tRNA methylation, is assumed to methylate the
Abstract by Xiao Fan; Wentao Han; Linhong Teng; Peng Jiang; Xiaowen Zhang; Dong Xu; Chang Li; Matteo Pellegrini, New Phytologist (2019) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1111/nph.16125