The transcriptome of WT and fun30 mutant

Chromatin remodeling factors utilize ATP hydrolysis to modulate chromatin dynamics, and the Fun30-subfamily members in yeast and animals are a class of well-studied remodelers implicated in diverse biological processes. However, the molecular activity of plant Fun30 orthologues and their functions in plant growth still remain obscure yet. Compared with yeast and animal orthologues, Arabidopsis Fun30 possesses conserved ATP-dependent nucleosome sliding activity but loses the CUE domain functioning as protein adapter in evolution. Fun30 gene shows a tissue-specific expression pattern in vegetative meristems and various vascular tissues, and is functionally implicated in transcriptional repression of a large number of responsive genes under uninduced conditions. We focused on the interconnected phytohormones SA/JA pathways, and proved the Fun30 recruitment and changes of local nucleosome occupancy within chromatin regions of several key signaling and effector genes in each pathway. Besides SUVR2 involved in RdDM pathway, Fun30 also interacts with non-catalytic subunits of histone deacetylase complex, and Fun30-binding proteins exert in vitro TSA-inhibited histone deacetylase activity. In fun30 mutant, we detected increased H3 acetylation level within local chromatin regions of Fun30 target genes in vivo. Intriguingly, Fun30 transcription is severely inhibited by SA treatment, which thus releases its repression on SA-induced gene during the activation of the downstream SA pathway. Meanwhile, basal transcription level and JA-induced activation of key transcription factor MYC2 gene, as well as the consequent susceptibility to necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis cinerea, are abnormally increased in Fun30-deficient plants. To find out the differentially expressed genes in fun30 mutant. RNA was extracted from 12-day-old seedlings of WT and fun30 mutant.