Tet-mediated formation of 5-carboxylcytosine and its excision by TDG in mammalian DNA

YF He, BZ Li, Z Li, P Liu, Y Wang, Q Tang, J Ding, Y Jia… - Science, 2011 - science.org
The prevalent DNA modification in higher organisms is the methylation of cytosine to 5-
methylcytosine (5mC), which is partially converted to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) by …

Tet proteins can convert 5-methylcytosine to 5-formylcytosine and 5-carboxylcytosine

S Ito, L Shen, Q Dai, SC Wu, LB Collins, JA Swenberg… - Science, 2011 - science.org
5-methylcytosine (5mC) in DNA plays an important role in gene expression, genomic
imprinting, and suppression of transposable elements. 5mC can be converted to 5 …

Replication-dependent loss of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in mouse preimplantation embryos

A Inoue, Y Zhang - Science, 2011 - science.org
Although global erasure of DNA methylation has been observed in zygotes and primordial
germ cells, the responsible enzyme (s) have been elusive. The demonstration that members …

Base-resolution maps of 5-formylcytosine and 5-carboxylcytosine reveal genome-wide DNA demethylation dynamics

X Lu, D Han, BS Zhao, CX Song, LS Zhang, LC Doré… - Cell research, 2015 - nature.com
The TET family of dioxygenases can oxidize 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5-
hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), 5-formylcytosine (5fC), and 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC) in …

Structural insight into substrate preference for TET-mediated oxidation

L Hu, J Lu, J Cheng, Q Rao, Z Li, H Hou, Z Lou… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification,,. Ten-eleven translocation (TET)
proteins are involved in DNA demethylation through iteratively oxidizing 5-methylcytosine …

Charting oxidized methylcytosines at base resolution

H Wu, Y Zhang - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2015 - nature.com
DNA cytosine methylation is a key epigenetic mark that is required for normal mammalian
development. Iterative oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) by the TET family of DNA …

TET enzymes, TDG and the dynamics of DNA demethylation

RM Kohli, Y Zhang - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
DNA methylation has a profound impact on genome stability, transcription and development.
Although enzymes that catalyse DNA methylation have been well characterized, those that …

Direct decarboxylation of ten-eleven translocation-produced 5-carboxylcytosine in mammalian genomes forms a new mechanism for active DNA demethylation

Y Feng, JJ Chen, NB Xie, JH Ding, XJ You, WB Tao… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA cytosine methylation (5-methylcytosine, 5mC) is the most important epigenetic mark in
higher eukaryotes. 5mC in genomes is dynamically controlled by writers and erasers. DNA …

Conversion of 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in mammalian DNA by MLL partner TET1

M Tahiliani, KP Koh, Y Shen, WA Pastor… - Science, 2009 - science.org
DNA cytosine methylation is crucial for retrotransposon silencing and mammalian
development. In a computational search for enzymes that could modify 5-methylcytosine …

TET-mediated active DNA demethylation: mechanism, function and beyond

X Wu, Y Zhang - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
In mammals, DNA methylation in the form of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) can be actively
reversed to unmodified cytosine (C) through TET dioxygenase-mediated oxidation of 5mC to …