DB identifier | AT5G66750 | Secondary Identifier | locus:2173644 |
Name | chromatin remodeling 1 | Brief Description | chromatin remodeling 1 |
TAIR Computational Description | chromatin remodeling 1;(source:Araport11) |
TAIR Curator Summary | Protein is similar to SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling proteins. DDM1 is appears to act as a chromatin-remodeling ATPase involved in cytosine methylation in CG and non-CG contexts. Involved in gene silencing and maintenance of DNA methylation and histone methylation. Hypomethylation of many genomic regions occurs in ddm1 mutants, and can cause several phenotypic abnormalities, but some loci, such as BONSAI (At1g73177) can be hypermethylated in ddm1 mutants after several generations, leading to different phenotypes. DDM1 might be involved in establishing a heterochromain boundary. A line expressing an RNAi targeted against DDM1 shows some resistance to agrobacterium-mediated root transformation. |
TAIR Short Description | chromatin remodeling 1 |
TAIR Aliases | ATDDM1, CHA1, CHR01, CHR1, DDM1, SOM1, SOM4 |