FACT Assists Base Excision Repair by Boosting the Remodeling Activity of RSC

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Sirakov, Maria | Boussouar, Amina | Kress, Elsa | Frau, Carla | Lone, Imtiaz Nisar | Nadjar, Julien | Angelov, Dimitar | Plateroti, Michelina

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International audience. RNA polymerase V (Pol V) long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been proposed to guide ARGONAUTE4 (AGO4) to chromatin in RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) in plants. Here, we provide evidence, based on laser UV-assisted zero-length cross-linking, for functionally relevant AGO4–DNA interaction at RdDM targets. We further demonstrate that Pol V lncRNAs or the act of their transcription are required to lock Pol V holoenzyme into a stable DNA-bound state that allows AGO4 recruitment via redundant glycine–tryptophan/tryptophan–glycine AGO hook motifs present on both Pol V and its associated factor, SPT5L. We propose a model in which AGO4–DNA interaction could be responsible for the unique specificities of RdDM.

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