Title CLAMP and Zelda function together as pioneer transcription factors to promote Drosophila zygotic genome activation [ATAC-Seq] Organism Drosophila melanogaster Experiment type Genome binding/occupancy profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary The pioneer transcription factor Zelda (ZLD) increases the accessibility of chromatin to promote the essential process of zygotic genome activation (ZGA) in the Drosophila early embryo. However, many genomic loci remain accessible in the absence of ZLD and are enriched for GA-rich DNA binding motifs. Therefore, we hypothesized that other pioneer TFs that function with ZLD have not yet been identified, especially those that bind to GA-rich motifs. CLAMP (Chromatin-linked adaptor for Male-specific lethal MSL proteins) is a GA-rich motif binding TF that is essential for early embryonic development. Here, we identify for the first time that CLAMP is a pioneer TF which interacts directly with nucleosomes, regulates zygotic genome activation, promotes chromatin accessibility, and facilitates the binding of ZLD to promoters. When ZLD is bound at a locus but does not regulate chromatin accessibility, CLAMP can often function redundantly to open the chromatin. Because ZGA is an essential process across metazoans, it is key to evolve redundant pioneer TFs to protect organisms from lethality that would be caused by loss of a single non-redundant factor.
Contributor(s) Ellie DJ , Rieder LE , Huang A , Jordan III WT , McKenney M , Watters S , Fawzi NL , Larschan E Citation(s) 34342574 Submission date Jun 16, 2020 Last update date Aug 24, 2021 Contact name Erica Larschan E-mail(s) erica_larschan@brown.edu
Organization name Brown University
Department Larschan Lab
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GSE152613 CLAMP and Zelda function together as pioneer transcription factors to promote Drosophila zygotic genome activation
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BioProject PRJNA639809 SRP267535

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