Table 1.
A selected list of epigenetic modifications of histones involved in seed development and germination.
| Enzymes | Function | Target Gene(s) | Trait Affected |
Species | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRC2 | Trimethylation of K27 on histone H3 (H3K27me3) | LEC1, ABI3, FUS3, LEC2, DOG1, repression | Germination | A. thaliana | [18,184,186,187] |
| HDA19 | Removal of histone acetylation mark (H3K9ac) | LEC1, ABI3, FUS3, LEC2, DOG1, repression | Germination | A. thaliana | [10,160,189] |
| PRC1 | Ubiquitination at K119 of histone H2A (H2Aub) | LEC1, ABI3, FUS3, LEC2, DOG1, repression | Germination | A. thaliana | [17,185,188] |
| ATXR | Trimethylation of K4 on histone H3 (H3K4me3) | LEC1, ABI3, FUS3, LEC2, DOG, etc., transcriptional activation | Seed development | A. thaliana | [17,175] |
| REF6 | H3K27me3 demethylase | CYP707A1, CYP707A3, transcriptional regulation | ABA catabolism in seeds | A. thaliana | [176] |