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<p>Despite being evolutionary distant, plants and animals exhibit a shared phenomenon during the transition from somatic-to-reproductive cell fate marked by extensive structural and compositional changes in chromatin. This chromatin reprogramming occurs in the plant SMCs (Spore Mother Cells) and animal PGCs (primordial germ cells) and is initiated by the loss of linker histones (H1). H1 loss is essential to establish pluripotency in animal PGCs but its role is not known in plants. Here, we identified two regulatory pathways involving a citrullinase and an E3-ubiquitin ligase that contribute H1.1 loss in female SMCs in Arabidopsis. We also identified roles for two specific residues: an arginine, whose positive charge contributes to H1.1 destabilization from chromatin, and a lysine in the globular domain that is essential for H1.1 degradation. Ovules with impaired H1.1 loss in the SMC proceed through sporogenesis but fail to complete gametogenesis. We propose that a citrullination–ubiquitination pathway governs pre-meiotic H1 depletion as a critical mechanism for establishing post-meiotic competence in the Arabidopsis germline.</p>

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Pre-meiotic H1.1 degradation is essential for Arabidopsis gametogenesis

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    2026年1月3日

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  • Yanru Li,
  • Danli Fei,
  • Jasmin Schubert,
  • Kinga Rutowicz,
  • Zuzanna Kaczmarska,
  • Alberto Linares,
  • Alejandro Giraldo Fonseca,
  • Sylvain Bischof,
  • Ueli Grossniklaus,
  • Célia Baroux

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Despite being evolutionary distant, plants and animals exhibit a shared phenomenon during the transition from somatic-to-reproductive cell fate marked by extensive structural and compositional changes in chromatin. This chromatin reprogramming occurs in the plant SMCs (Spore Mother Cells) and animal PGCs (primordial germ cells) and is initiated by the loss of linker histones (H1). H1 loss is essential to establish pluripotency in animal PGCs but its role is not known in plants. Here, we identified two regulatory pathways involving a citrullinase and an E3-ubiquitin ligase that contribute H1.1 loss in female SMCs in Arabidopsis. We also identified roles for two specific residues: an arginine, whose positive charge contributes to H1.1 destabilization from chromatin, and a lysine in the globular domain that is essential for H1.1 degradation. Ovules with impaired H1.1 loss in the SMC proceed through sporogenesis but fail to complete gametogenesis. We propose that a citrullination–ubiquitination pathway governs pre-meiotic H1 depletion as a critical mechanism for establishing post-meiotic competence in the Arabidopsis germline.