Linker Histones and HMG1 Proteins of Higher Plants

A. Jerzmanowski; M. Przewłoka; K. D. Grasser

doi:10.1055/s-2000-16648

Plant Biology, Table of Contents

Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2000; 2(6): 586-597
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-16648

Review Article

Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ·New York

Linker Histones and HMG1 Proteins of Higher Plants

A. Jerzmanowski ^1,2 , M. Przewłoka ¹ , K. D. Grasser ³

¹ Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland
² Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
³ Department of Life Science, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Abstract

Linker histones and the proteins belonging to the high mobility group 1 (HMG1) family are the most abundant proteins associated with the internucleosomal linker DNA in eukaryotic chromatin. Despite their relative abundance, there are indications that they may be involved in specific developmental pathways. In higher plants, a variety of these chromosomal proteins has been identified and characterized. In this report, we give an overview of the present knowledge about these two protein families, and discuss their likely functions in plants.

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