Mechanistic basis for maintenance of CHG DNA methylation in plants

In plants, DNA methylation in the CHG context is maintained by the CMT3 chromomethylases. Here the authors provide a structure-function characterization of a maize CMT3 ortholog to show how recognition of histone modifications stimulate DNA methylation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jian Fang, Jianjun Jiang, Sarah M. Leichter, Jie Liu, Mahamaya Biswal, Nelli Khudaverdyan, Xuehua Zhong, Jikui Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31627-3