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 …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation, its mediators and genome integrity

H Meng, Y Cao, J Qin, X Song, Q Zhang… - … journal of biological …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA methylation regulates many cellular processes, including embryonic development,
transcription, chromatin structure, X-chromosome inactivation, genomic imprinting and …

[PDF][PDF] The R882H DNMT3A mutation associated with AML dominantly inhibits wild-type DNMT3A by blocking its ability to form active tetramers

DA Russler-Germain, DH Spencer, MA Young… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Somatic mutations in DNMT3A, which encodes a de novo DNA methyltransferase, are found
in∼ 30% of normal karyotype acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases. Most mutations are …

Allosteric control of mammalian DNA methyltransferases–a new regulatory paradigm

A Jeltsch, RZ Jurkowska - Nucleic acids research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In mammals, DNA methylation is introduced by the DNMT1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B
methyltransferases, which are all large multi-domain proteins containing a catalytic C …

Mammalian DNA methyltransferases: new discoveries and open questions

H Gowher, A Jeltsch - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2018 - portlandpress.com
As part of the epigenetic network, DNA methylation is a major regulator of chromatin
structure and function. In mammals, it mainly occurs at palindromic CpG sites, but …

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 …

DNMT3L facilitates DNA methylation partly by maintaining DNMT3A stability in mouse embryonic stem cells

N Veland, Y Lu, S Hardikar, S Gaddis… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract DNMT3L (DNMT3-like), a member of the DNMT3 family, has no DNA
methyltransferase activity but regulates de novo DNA methylation. While biochemical …

Driver mutations of cancer epigenomes

DM Roy, LA Walsh, TA Chan - Protein & cell, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Epigenetic alterations are associated with all aspects of cancer, from tumor initiation to
cancer progression and metastasis. It is now well understood that both losses and gains of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Dnmt3L antagonizes DNA methylation at bivalent promoters and favors DNA methylation at gene bodies in ESCs

F Neri, A Krepelova, D Incarnato, M Maldotti, C Parlato… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
The de novo DNA methyltransferase 3-like (Dnmt3L) is a catalytically inactive DNA
methyltransferase that cooperates with Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b to methylate DNA. Dnmt3L is …