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Changes in variant composition occur in differentiating cells. Real-time quantitative PCR was carried out to measure levels of transcripts on a Roche light cycler using SYBR green PCR master mix (Roche). Here, we report a systematic analysis of the histone H2B family in plants, which have undergone substantial divergence during the evolution of each major group in the plant kingdom. Serine The gradient starts with the mobile phases: 98% solution A (water/formic acid, 99.9/0.1, v/v) and 2% solution B (water/acetonitrile/formic acid, 19.92/80/0.08, v/v/v), increasing to 35% of solution B over the next 120 min, followed by a gradient in 5 min to 90% of solution B, stays there for 5 min and decreases within 5 min back to the gradient 98% of solution A and 2% of solution B for equilibration at 30°C.The Q Exactive HF mass spectrometer was operated in data-dependent mode, using a full scan (m/z range 380–1500, nominal resolution of 60,000, target value 1E6) followed by MS/MS scans of the 10 most abundant ions. This variant has a Lastly, MacroH2A variant is a variant that is similar to H2A; it is encoded by the The structure of macroH2A variant was exposed through DNA Folding: After 10 min, the trap column was switched in line with the analytical column (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Amsterdam, Netherlands, PepMap C18, 500 mm × 75 μm ID, 2 μm, 100 Å). This divergence appears to have been driven by preferential expression during gametogenesis, including three genes in Our analyses have revealed a new class of seed-specific histone variants in flowering plants, H2B.S. Immunization and affinity purification were done at Genescript (USA). The only variant that remained constant in the neural differentiation was variant H2AZ.Physically, there are small changes on the surface area of the nucleosome that make the histone differ from H2A. Replacement histone variants, such as histone H3.3 and H2A.Z, are characterized by their sequence divergence, DNA replication-independent expression patterns and specific genomic localization [A subset of Eudicot H2Bs representing major lineages were selected for the analyses on selection pressures. We immunopurified mono-nucleosomes using HA-agarose beads from leaves of transgenic Our study has highlighted the evolutionary diversification and expansion of H2B proteins in the plant kingdom. Red arrow indicates root as defined by the placement of the outgroup of Chlorophyte algae H2Bs. Histone variants, which are diversified by sequence or expression pattern, can profoundly alter chromatin properties. Core formation first occurs through the interaction of two H2A molecules. Eukaryotic cells mobilize histones at specific locations along the chromosome to regulate genomic processes, such as transcription. (B) Maximum likelihood tree of eudicot H2Bs. Precursor ions selected for fragmentation (exclude charge state 1, 7, 8, >8) were put on a dynamic exclusion list for 40 s. Additionally, the minimum AGC target was set to 5E3 and intensity threshold was calculated to be 4.8E4. All of these genes are located in histone cluster 1 on chromosome 6 and cluster 2 and cluster 3 on chromosome 1. Major plant groups are indicated with differently coloured shading. In tomato, we again observed a clear bias in developmental expression (We sought to determine whether the expression pattern of H2B.8-related genes is conserved in other angiosperms. Since H2A packages DNA molecules into chromatin, the packaging process will affect gene expression. (C) Close-up view of two major groups of eudicot H2Bs highlighted with grey shading in the maximum likelihood tree shown in B. Family-specific clades are indicated with differently coloured shading. By characterising In addition to well-studied variants from core histones families H2A and H3, we report that land plants diversified their H2B family, leading to specialized H2B variants with specific patterns of expression, genomic distributions and properties.The basic subunit of chromatin is the nucleosome, which contains an octamer core of histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 wrapped around 147bp of DNA [Histone variants often differ by cell cycle or developmental stage-specific expression patterns [Animals and plants share several common H2A variants, including canonical H2A, H2A.Z and H2A.X.