Enhanced CRISPR-based DNA demethylation by Casilio-ME-mediated RNA-guided coupling of methylcytosine oxidation and DNA repair pathways

A Taghbalout, M Du, N Jillette, W Rosikiewicz… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Here we develop a methylation editing toolbox, Casilio-ME, that enables not only RNA-
guided methylcytosine editing by targeting TET1 to genomic sites, but also by co-delivering …

Excision of 5-carboxylcytosine by thymine DNA glycosylase

LS Pidugu, Q Dai, SS Malik, E Pozharski… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
5-Methylcytosine (mC) is an epigenetic mark that is written by methyltransferases, erased
through passive and active mechanisms, and impacts transcription, development, diseases …

Thymine DNA glycosylase recognizes the geometry alteration of minor grooves induced by 5-formylcytosine and 5-carboxylcytosine

T Fu, L Liu, QL Yang, Y Wang, P Xu, L Zhang, S Liu… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The dynamic DNA methylation–demethylation process plays critical roles in gene
expression control and cell development. The oxidation derivatives of 5-methylcytosine …

Label-free and amplified electrogenerated chemiluminescence biosensing for the detection of thymine DNA glycosylase activity using DNA-functionalized gold …

W Bai, Y Wei, Y Zhang, L Bao, Y Li - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Effective detection of thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG) activity is extremely crucial and urgent
for epigenetic research. Herein, a novel label-free electrogenerated chemiluminescence …

5-Carboxylcytosine and cytosine protonation distinctly alter the stability and dehybridization dynamics of the DNA duplex

B Ashwood, PJ Sanstead, Q Dai, C He… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Applications associated with nucleobase protonation events are grounded in their
fundamental impact on DNA thermodynamics, structure, and hybridization dynamics. Of the …

Thymine DNA glycosylase is a key regulator of CaMKIIγ expression and vascular smooth muscle phenotype

YF Liu, LY Sun, DV Singer, R Ginnan… - American Journal …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Multifunctional Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a multigene family
with isoform-specific regulation of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) functions. In previous …

The role of active-site residues Phe98, HiS239, and Arg243 in DNA binding and in the catalysis of human uracil–DNA glycosylase SMUG1

DA Iakovlev, IV Alekseeva, YN Vorobjev, NA Kuznetsov… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Human SMUG1 (hSMUG1) hydrolyzes the N-glycosidic bond of uracil and some uracil
lesions formed in the course of epigenetic regulation. Despite the functional importance of …

Petri net–based model of the human DNA base excision repair pathway

M Radom, MA Machnicka, J Krwawicz, JM Bujnicki… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Cellular DNA is daily exposed to several damaging agents causing a plethora of DNA
lesions. As a first aid to restore DNA integrity, several enzymes got specialized in damage …

Casilio-ME: Enhanced CRISPR-based DNA demethylation by RNA-guided coupling methylcytosine oxidation and DNA repair pathways

A Taghbalout, M Du, N Jillette, W Rosikiewicz, A Rath… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
We have developed a methylation editing toolbox, Casilio-ME, that enables not only RNA-
guided methylcytosine editing by targeting TET1 to genomic sites, but also by co-delivering …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin and Epigenetics in Cardiovascular Disease: Thymine DNA glycosylase is a key regulator of CaMKIIγ expression and vascular smooth muscle …

YF Liu, LY Sun, DV Singer, R Ginnan… - American Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Multifunctional Ca 2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a
multigene family with isoform-specific regulation of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) functions …