Selective anchoring of DNA methyltransferases 3A and 3B to nucleosomes containing methylated DNA

S Jeong, G Liang, S Sharma, JC Lin… - … and cellular biology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Proper DNA methylation patterns are essential for mammalian development and
differentiation. DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) primarily establish and maintain global …

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 …

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 …

Nucleosomes containing methylated DNA stabilize DNA methyltransferases 3A/3B and ensure faithful epigenetic inheritance

S Sharma, DD De Carvalho, S Jeong, PA Jones… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
How epigenetic information is propagated during somatic cell divisions is still unclear but is
absolutely critical for preserving gene expression patterns and cellular identity. Here we …

Mammalian DNA methyltransferases show different subnuclear distributions

JB Margot, MC Cardoso… - Journal of cellular …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
In mammalian cells, DNA methylation patterns are precisely maintained after DNA
replication with defined changes occurring during development. The major DNA …

Rethinking how DNA methylation patterns are maintained

PA Jones, G Liang - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2009 - nature.com
DNA methylation patterns are set up early in mammalian development and are then copied
during the division of somatic cells. A long-established model for the maintenance of these …

Human DNA methyltransferase 1 is required for maintenance of the histone H3 modification pattern

J Espada, E Ballestar, MF Fraga, A Villar-Garea… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) plays an essential role in murine development and is
thought to be the enzyme primarily responsible for maintenance of the global methylation …

Nucleosomes protect DNA from DNA methylation in vivo and in vitro

M Felle, H Hoffmeister, J Rothammer… - Nucleic acids …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Positioned nucleosomes limit the access of proteins to DNA. However, the impact of
nucleosomes on DNA methylation in vitro and in vivo is poorly understood. Here, we …

The Dnmt3a PWWP domain reads histone 3 lysine 36 trimethylation and guides DNA methylation

A Dhayalan, A Rajavelu, P Rathert, R Tamas… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
The Dnmt3a DNA methyltransferase contains in its N-terminal part a PWWP domain that is
involved in chromatin targeting. Here, we have investigated the interaction of the PWWP …

New concepts in DNA methylation

A Jeltsch, RZ Jurkowska - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2014 - cell.com
The widely-cited model of maintenance of DNA methylation at CpG sites implies that DNA
methylation is introduced by the Dnmt3 de novo DNA methyltransferases during early …