Function
Binds specifically to H3K4me3 regions of target genes (e.g. WUS and WOX5) promoters to repress their transcription via chromatin remodeling. Required for the shoot apical meristem (SAM) organization and maintenance, by confining WUS expression to the organizing center, and for the quiescent center (QC) development in the root apical meristem (RAM), by repressing WOX5 expression in the root proximal meristem (PubMed:18591352, PubMed:25631790). Plays a role in DNA repair and in cell-cycle control. Required for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), both natural and induced by genotoxic stress, by homologous recombination (HR) (PubMed:16957774).
Sequence
MAEFTNMLMNPWVLHLQKLELELKCPLCLKLLNRPVLLPCDHVFCDSCVHKSSQVESGCPVCKSKHPKKARRDLRFMESVISIYKSLNAAVSVHLPQLQIPNDCNYKNDALNNSNSPKHGESEDSEMTDKDVSKRSGGTDSSSRDGSPLPTSEESDPRPKHQDWTEKQLSDHLLLYEFESEYDAANHTPESYTEQAAKNVRDITASEQPSNAARKRICGDSFIQESSPNPKTQDPTLLRLMESLRSDDPTDYVKAQNHQQLPKSHTEQDSKRKRDITASDAMENHLKVPKRENNLMQKSADIDCNGKCSANSDDQLSEKISKALEQTSSNITICGFCQSARVSEATGEMLHYSRGRPVDGDDIFRSNVIHVHSACIEWAPQVYYEGDTVKNLKAELARGMKIKCTKCSLKGAALGCFVKSCRRSYHVPCAREISRCRWDYEDFLLLCPAHSSVKFPNEKSGHRVSRAEPLPKINPAELCSLEQTPAFTKELVLCGSALSKSDKKLMESLAVRFNATISRYWNPSVTHVIASTDEKGACTRTLKVLMGILNGKWIINAAWMKASLKASQPVDEEPFEIQIDTQGCQDGPKTARLRAETNKPKLFEGLKFYFFGDFYKGYKEDLQNLVKVAGGTILNTEDELGAESSNNVNDQRSSSIVVYNIDPPHGCALGEEVTIIWQRANDAEALASQTGSRLVGHTWVLESIAGYKLHPVIG