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• W2921322229 abstract "Abstract DNA methyltransferases are ubiquitous enzymes conserved in bacteria, plants and opisthokonta. These enzymes, which methylate cytosines, are involved in numerous biological processes, notably development. In mammals and higher plants, methylation patterns established and maintained by the cytosine DNA methyltransferases (DMTs) are essential to zygotic development. In fungi, some members of an extensively conserved fungal-specific DNA methyltransferase class are both mediators of the Repeat Induced Point mutation (RIP) genome defense system and key players of sexual reproduction. Yet, no DNA methyltransferase activity of these purified RID (RIP deficient) proteins could be detected in vitro . These observations led us to explore how RID-like DNA methyltransferase encoding genes would play a role during sexual development of fungi showing very little genomic DNA methylation, if any. To do so, we used the model ascomycete fungus P. anserina . We identified the PaRid gene, encoding a RID-like DNA methyltransferase and constructed knocked-out Δ PaRid defective mutants. Crosses involving P. anserina Δ PaRid mutants are sterile. Our results show that, although gametes are readily formed and fertilization occurs in a Δ PaRid background, sexual development is blocked just before the individualization of the dikaryotic cells leading to meiocytes. Complementation of Δ PaRid mutants with ectopic alleles of PaRid , including GFP-tagged, point-mutated, inter-specific and chimeric alleles, demonstrated that the catalytic motif of the putative PaRid methyltransferase is essential to ensure proper sexual development and that the expression of PaRid is spatially and temporally restricted. A transcriptomic analysis performed on mutant crosses revealed an overlap of the PaRid-controlled genetic network with the well-known mating-types gene developmental pathway common to an important group of fungi, the Pezizomycotina. Author Summary Sexual reproduction is considered to be essential for long-term persistence of eukaryotic species. Sexual reproduction is controlled by strict mechanisms governing which haploids can fuse (mating) and which developmental paths the resulting zygote will follow. In mammals, differential genomic DNA methylation patterns of parental gametes, known as ‘DNA methylation imprints’ are essential to zygotic development, while in plants, global genomic demethylation often results in female-sterility. Although animal and fungi are evolutionary related, little is known about epigenetic regulation of gene expression and development in multicellular fungi. Here, we report on a gene of the model fungus Podospora anserina , encoding a protein called PaRid that looks like a DNA methyltrasferase. We showed that expression of the catalytically functional version of the PaRid protein is required in the maternal parental strain to form zygotes. By establishing the transcriptional profile of PaRid mutant strain, we identified a set of PaRid direct and/or indirect target genes. Half of them are also targets of a mating-type transcription factor known to be a major regulator of sexual development. So far, there was no other example of identified RID targets shared with a well-known developmental pathway that is common to an important group of fungi, the Pezizomycotina" @default.
• W2921322229 created "2019-03-22" @default.
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• W2921322229 date "2019-03-12" @default.
• W2921322229 modified "2023-10-04" @default.
• W2921322229 title "A RID-like cytosine methyltransferase homologue controls sexual development in the fungusPodospora anserina" @default.
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