Structural basis for DNMT3A-mediated de novo DNA methylation

ZM Zhang, R Lu, P Wang, Y Yu, D Chen, L Gao, S Liu… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
DNA methylation by de novo DNA methyltransferases 3A (DNMT3A) and 3B (DNMT3B) at
cytosines is essential for genome regulation and development,. Dysregulation of this …

Comprehensive structure-function characterization of DNMT3B and DNMT3A reveals distinctive de novo DNA methylation mechanisms

L Gao, M Emperle, Y Guo, SA Grimm, W Ren… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Mammalian DNA methylation patterns are established by two de novo DNA
methyltransferases, DNMT3A and DNMT3B, which exhibit both redundant and distinctive …

Structure of Dnmt3a bound to Dnmt3L suggests a model for de novo DNA methylation

D Jia, RZ Jurkowska, X Zhang, A Jeltsch, X Cheng - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Genetic imprinting, found in flowering plants and placental mammals, uses DNA methylation
to yield gene expression that is dependent on the parent of origin. DNA methyltransferase …

Structural insights into CpG-specific DNA methylation by human DNA methyltransferase 3B

CC Lin, YP Chen, WZ Yang, JCK Shen… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
DNA methyltransferases are primary enzymes for cytosine methylation at CpG sites of
epigenetic gene regulation in mammals. De novo methyltransferases DNMT3A and …

A DNMT3A mutation common in AML exhibits dominant-negative effects in murine ES cells

SJ Kim, H Zhao, S Hardikar, AK Singh… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Somatic heterozygous mutations of the DNA methyltransferase gene DNMT3A occur
frequently in acute myeloid leukemia and other hematological malignancies, with the …

Structural basis for impairment of DNA methylation by the DNMT3A R882H mutation

H Anteneh, J Fang, J Song - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A is essential for establishment of mammalian DNA
methylation during development. The R882H DNMT3A is a hotspot mutation in acute …

Large conserved domains of low DNA methylation maintained by Dnmt3a

M Jeong, D Sun, M Luo, Y Huang, GA Challen… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Gains and losses in DNA methylation are prominent features of mammalian cell types. To
gain insight into the mechanisms that promote shifts in DNA methylation and contribute to …

DNA sequence-dependent activity and base flipping mechanisms of DNMT1 regulate genome-wide DNA methylation

S Adam, H Anteneh, M Hornisch, V Wagner… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA methylation maintenance by DNMT1 is an essential process in mammals but molecular
mechanisms connecting DNA methylation patterns and enzyme activity remain elusive …

Structure of nucleosome-bound DNA methyltransferases DNMT3A and DNMT3B

TH Xu, M Liu, XE Zhou, G Liang, G Zhao, HE Xu… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
CpG methylation by de novo DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) 3A and 3B is essential for
mammalian development and differentiation and is frequently dysregulated in cancer. These …

DNMT3A in Leukemia

L Brunetti, MC Gundry… - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
DNA methylation is an epigenetic process involved in development, aging, and cancer.
Although the advent of new molecular techniques has enhanced our knowledge of how …