Shuya Wang

The paper identifies J-domain proteins as mediators of PKL recruitment to gene promoters, enabling H3.3 deposition and influencing gene expression through interactions with transcription factors and ATRX.

SunTag-NOVA, a SunTag-MQ1v editor adding TRBIP1 and an oligomerizing CHLAMY domain, methylates and silences FWA, FT and TMM in Arabidopsis without the genome-wide off-target methylation seen with TRBIP1 alone.

The paper shows that multiple redundant mechanisms account for most gene silencing downstream of DNA methylation, with loss of these pathways causing widespread derepression and genomic changes.

The paper shows CDCA7A and CDCA7B maintain CG methylation in centromeric heterochromatin by remodeling H1-containing nucleosomes, with H1 having an inhibitory role.

The paper identifies Arabidopsis REM transcription factors and GDE1 as key regulators of DNA methylation by recruiting RNA Polymerase IV to generate 24nt-siRNAs that direct methylation to specific genomic loci.

The paper uses single-nucleus RNA-seq to show that MBD5, MBD6, and SILENZIO are critical for TE silencing in pollen vegetative cells during epigenetic reprogramming.