TABLE 1.
Summary of DNA methyltransferases and SUV methyltransferases in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Gene ID | Gene name | Description |
AT5G49160 | MET1 | Maintains CG methylation (Finnegan et al., 1996) |
AT4G19020 | CMT2 | Deposits mainly CHH methylation (Stroud et al., 2014) |
AT1G69770 | CMT3 | Maintains CHG methylation (Lindroth et al., 2001) |
AT5G14620 | DRM2 | Establishes de novo CHH methylation (Cao and Jacobsen, 2002) |
AT5G04940 | SUVH1 | Required for transcriptional activation (Harris et al., 2018) |
AT2G33290 | SUVH2 | Recruit RNA polymerase V to establish CHH methylation (Johnson et al., 2008; Johnson et al., 2014) |
AT1G73100 | SUVH3 | Required for transcriptional activation (Harris et al., 2018) |
AT5G13960 | SUVH4 | Maintains H3K9me1/me2 (Jackson et al., 2002) |
AT2G35160 | SUVH5 | Maintains H3K9me1/me2 (Ebbs and Bender, 2006) |
AT2G22740 | SUVH6 | Maintains H3K9me1/me2 (Jackson et al., 2004) |
AT1G17770 | SUVH7 | Paternal-expressed imprinted gene (Gehring et al., 2011; Wolff et al., 2011) |
AT2G24740 | SUVH8 | Maternal-expressed imprinted gene (Gehring et al., 2011; Wolff et al., 2011) |
AT4G13460 | SUVH9 | Recruits RNA polymerase V to establish CHH methylation (Johnson et al., 2008; Johnson et al., 2014) |
AT2G05900 | SUVH10 | Pseudogene (Baumbusch et al., 2001) |
AT1G04050 | SUVR1 | Unknown |
AT5G43990 | SUVR2 | deposits H3K9me1/me2; H4K20me; H3K27me2 (Han et al., 2014) |
AT3G03750 | SUVR3 | Unknown |
AT3G04380 | SUVR4 | Deposits H3K9me2/me3 (Thorstensen et al., 2006; Veiseth et al., 2011) |
AT2G23740 | SUVR5 | Establishes H3K9me2 independently of DNA methylation (Caro et al., 2012) |