A chromatin remodeler and a histone chaperone help repair DNA
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellFan et al. investigate the proteins involved in DNA base excision repair
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae052
By Tianyi Fan and Yan Zhu
Background: DNA bases are susceptible to damage from environmental factors such as UV light or reactive oxygen species. Base excision repair (BER) can eliminate…
HDT family histone deacetylases are nucleoplasmins
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBobde, Kumar, and Vasudevan explore the properties of a family of predicted histone deactetlyases, finding them to function as nucleoplasmins. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac275
Ruchir C. Bobde, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha - 751023, India; Ashish Kumar, Department of Molecular…