Table 5.
Patterns of histone modifications in arabidopsis heterochromatin and euchromatin in wild-type and SUVH mutants (data fromNaumann et al., 2005)
| Chromatin modification |
Euchromatic or heterochromatic in wild type? |
Loss of SUVH1 |
Loss of SUVH4 |
Loss of SUVH2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono-methyl H3 K9 | Heterochromatic | Weakly reduced | Weakly reduced | Strongly reduced |
| Di-methyl H3 K9 | Heterochromatic | Weakly reduced | Weakly reduced | Strongly reduced |
| Mono-methyl H3 K27 | Heterochromatic | No change | No change | Strongly reduced |
| Di-methyl H3 K27 | Heterochromatic | No change | No change | Strongly reduced |
| Mono-methyl H4 K20 | Heterochromatic | No change | No change | Strongly reduced |
| Tri-methyl H3 K9 | Euchromatic | No change | No change | No change |
| Tri-methyl H3 K27 | Euchromatic | No change | No change | No change |
| Di-methyl H3 K36 | Euchromatic | No change | No change | No change |
| Tri-methyl H3 K36 | Euchromatic | No change | No change | No change |
| Di-methyl H4 K20 | Euchromatic | No change | No change | No change |
| Tri-methyl H4 K20 | Euchromatic | No change | No change | No change |