Mouse Dnmt3a preferentially methylates linker DNA and is inhibited by histone H1

H Takeshima, I Suetake, S Tajima - Journal of molecular biology, 2008 - Elsevier
In mammals, DNA methylation is crucial for embryonic development and germ cell
differentiation. The DNA methylation patterns are created by de novo-type DNA …

Distinct DNA methylation activity of Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b towards naked and nucleosomal DNA

H Takeshima, I Suetake, H Shimahara… - Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
In mammals, the resetting of DNA methylation patterns in early embryos and germ cells is
crucial for development. De novo type DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b are …

DNA methyltransferase 3b preferentially associates with condensed chromatin

K Kashiwagi, K Nimura, K Ura… - Nucleic acids research, 2011 - academic.oup.com
In mammals, DNA methylation is catalyzed by DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) encoded
by Dnmt1, Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b. Since, the mechanisms of regulation of Dnmts are still …

A single amino acid substitution confers enhanced methylation activity of mammalian Dnmt3b on chromatin DNA

L Shen, G Gao, Y Zhang, H Zhang, Z Ye… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b are paralogous enzymes responsible for de novo DNA methylation but
with distinguished biological functions. In mice, disruption of Dnmt3b but not Dnmt3a causes …

De novo methylation of nucleosomal DNA by the mammalian Dnmt1 and Dnmt3A DNA methyltransferases

H Gowher, CJ Stockdale, R Goyal, H Ferreira… - Biochemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
In the cell, DNA is wrapped on histone octamers, which reduces its accessibility for DNA
interacting enzymes. We investigated de novo methylation of nucleosomal DNA in vitro and …

Dnmt3a2 targets endogenous Dnmt3L to ES cell chromatin and induces regional DNA methylation

K Nimura, C Ishida, H Koriyama, K Hata… - Genes to …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation is involved in fundamental cellular processes such as silencing of genes
and transposable elements, but the underlying mechanism of regulation of DNA methylation …

[HTML][HTML] p53 and TDG are dominant in regulating the activity of the human de novo DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A on nucleosomes

JE Sandoval, NO Reich - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
DNA methylation and histone tail modifications are interrelated mechanisms involved in a
wide range of biological processes, and disruption of this crosstalk is linked to diseases …

The N-terminus of histone H3 is required for de novo DNA methylation in chromatin

JL Hu, BO Zhou, RR Zhang, KL Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
DNA methylation and histone modification are two major epigenetic pathways that interplay
to regulate transcriptional activity and other genome functions. Dnmt3L is a regulatory factor …

Effects of chromatin structure on the enzymatic and DNA binding functions of DNA methyltransferases DNMT1 and Dnmt3a in vitro

AK Robertson, TM Geiman, UT Sankpal… - Biochemical and …, 2004 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification of the genome critical for numerous
processes, including transcriptional repression and maintenance of chromatin structure …

[HTML][HTML] Both combinatorial K4me0-K36me3 marks on sister histone H3s of a nucleosome are required for Dnmt3a-Dnmt3L mediated de novo DNA methylation

T Gong, X Gu, YT Liu, Z Zhou, LL Zhang, Y Wen… - Journal of genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A nucleosome contains two copies of each histone H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. Histone H3
K4me0 and K36me3 are two key chromatin marks for de novo DNA methylation catalyzed by …