Spreading-dependent or independentSir2-mediated gene silencing in budding yeast

purpose: investigation the global insights into Sir2-dependent gene silencing on all silent chromatin regions in budding yeast Method: RNA-sequencing Results: the Sir2 binding domain length caused by Sir2 spreading from the chromosomal end is different in each telomere in budding yeast. Expression of most subtelomeric genes increased in the ?sir2 strain. Some Sir2-regulated subtelomeric genes were positioned within the telomeric Sir2-binding domain, while the others were outside the Sir2-binding domain. In addition, Sir2 was bound to the mating-type loci and rDNA region, and gene expression increased in the ?sir2 strain. Conclusion: that S. cerevisiae has two modes of Sir2-mediated gene silencing: One is dependent on chromatin binding and spreading of Sir2, and the other is independent of spreading of Sir2 Overall design: RNA-sequencing and Sir2 ChIP-sequencing was analyzed in FM391 and dsir2 strain