Two paralogous PHD finger proteins participate inParamecium tetraurelia's natural genome editing
Häussermann, L.; Singh, A.; Swart, E. C.
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The unicellular eukaryote Paramecium tetraurelia contains functionally distinct nuclei: germline micronuclei (MICs) and a somatic macronucleus (MAC). During sexual reproduction, the MIC genome is reorganized into a new MAC genome and the old MAC is lost. Almost 45,000 unique Internal Eliminated Sequences (IESs) distributed throughout the genome require precise excision to guarantee a functional new MAC genome. Here, we characterize a pair of paralogous PHD finger proteins involved in DNA elimination. DevPF1, the early-expressed paralog, is present in only some of the gametic and post-zygotic nuclei during meiosis. Both DevPF1 and DevPF2 localize in the new developing MACs, where IESs excision occurs. In DevPF2 knockdown (KD) long IESs are preferentially retained and late-expressed small RNAs decrease; no length preference for retained IESs was observed in DevPF1-KD and development-specific small RNAs were abolished. The expression of at least two genes from the new MAC with roles in genome reorganization seems to be influenced by DevPF1- and DevPF2-KD. Thus, both PHD fingers are crucial for new MAC genome development, with distinct functions, potentially via regulation of non-coding and coding transcription in the MICs and new MACs.
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