Non-CG methylation is superior to CG methylation in genome regulation
Domb, K.; Katz, A.; Yaari, R.; Kaisler, E.; Nguyen, V. H.; Hong, U. V. T.; Griess, O.; Gitin Heskiau, K.; Ohad, N.; Zemach, A.
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DNA methylation in plants occurs in CG, CHG, and CHH sites. While depletion of CG methylation in transposons is associated with ample transcriptional activation, it was mainly studied in species with limited non-CG methylation that is linked to CG methylation. Here we profiled transcription in the moss plant, Physcomitrella patens, that has robust non-CG methylation with similar symmetrical CG and CHG methylation levels. Separated contextual methylation mechanisms in Physcomitrella patens enabled generation of numerous context-specific hypomethylated mutants. Our transcriptome data show that specific elimination of CG methylation is fully complemented by non-CG methylation. Conversely, exclusive removal of non-CG methylation massively dysregulated genes and transposons. Moreover, CHG methylation silenced transposons stronger than CG methylation. Lastly, we found non-CG methylation as crucial for silencing CG-depleted transposons. These results demonstrate the potency of non-CG methylation in genome regulation and suggest that it evolved due to moderate silencing and/or rapid mutability of methylated CGs.
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