Isoform switch of TET1 regulates DNA demethylation and mouse development

W Zhang, W Xia, Q Wang, AJ Towers, J Chen, R Gao… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
The methylcytosine oxidase TET proteins play important roles in DNA demethylation and
development. However, it remains elusive how exactly they target substrates and execute …

A novel isoform of TET1 that lacks a CXXC domain is overexpressed in cancer

CR Good, J Madzo, B Patel, S Maegawa… - Nucleic Acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
TET1 oxidizes methylated cytosine into 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), resulting in
regulation of DNA methylation and gene expression. Full length TET1 (TET1FL) has a CXXC …

TET1 is a maintenance DNA demethylase that prevents methylation spreading in differentiated cells

C Jin, Y Lu, J Jelinek, S Liang, MRH Estecio… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
TET1 is a 5-methylcytosine dioxygenase and its DNA demethylating activity has been
implicated in pluripotency and reprogramming. However, the precise role of TET1 in DNA …

Mechanisms and functions of Tet protein-mediated 5-methylcytosine oxidation

H Wu, Y Zhang - Genes & development, 2011 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Ten-eleven translocation 1–3 (Tet1–3) proteins have recently been discovered in
mammalian cells to be members of a family of DNA hydroxylases that possess enzymatic …

The DNA dioxygenase Tet1 regulates H3K27 modification and embryonic stem cell biology independent of its catalytic activity

S Chrysanthou, Q Tang, J Lee, SJ Taylor… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Tet enzymes (Tet1/2/3) oxidize 5-methylcytosine to promote DNA demethylation
and partner with chromatin modifiers to regulate gene expression. Tet1 is highly expressed …

Emerging roles of TET proteins and 5-hydroxymethylcytosines in active DNA demethylation and beyond

JU Guo, Y Su, C Zhong, G Ming, H Song - Cell cycle, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Cytosine methylation is the major epigenetic modification of metazoan DNA. Although there
is strong evidence that active DNA demethylation occurs in animal cells, the molecular …

TET enzymes, DNA demethylation and pluripotency

SE Ross, O Bogdanovic - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Ten-eleven translocation (TET) methylcytosine dioxygenases (TET1, TET2, TET3) actively
cause demethylation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and produce and safeguard …

Tet enzymes, variants, and differential effects on function

P Melamed, Y Yosefzon, C David… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Discovery of the ten-eleven translocation 1 (TET) methylcytosine dioxygenase family of
enzymes, nearly 10 years ago, heralded a major breakthrough in understanding the …

5mC oxidation by Tet2 modulates enhancer activity and timing of transcriptome reprogramming during differentiation

GC Hon, CX Song, T Du, F Jin, S Selvaraj, AY Lee… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
In mammals, cytosine methylation (5mC) is widely distributed throughout the genome but is
notably depleted from active promoters and enhancers. While the role of DNA methylation in …

Tet1 and Tet2 protect DNA methylation canyons against hypermethylation

L Wiehle, G Raddatz, T Musch… - … and cellular biology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
DNA methylation is a dynamic epigenetic modification with an important role in cell fate
specification and reprogramming. The Ten eleven translocation (Tet) family of enzymes …