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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-30
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Methylation of cytosines at CpG dinucleotides is essential for mammalian development. MeCP2, MBD1, MBD2, MBD3, and MBD4 comprise a family of proteins that contain a methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD). Except for MBD4, these proteins are involved in gene silencing imposed by methylated DNA. We have identified a human gene that codes for a protein that is 42% identical to MBD3 and 38% identical to MBD2 but lacks the methyl-CpG binding domain. The recombinant protein does not bind to methylated DNA in vitro. The corresponding mouse Mbd3L1 gene was also cloned. The MBD3L1 gene is expressed specifically in testis. During spermatogenesis, expression of MBD3L1 is observed only in round spermatids, suggesting a role for the gene product in the postmeiotic stages of male germ cell development. The MBD3L1 protein is localized to discrete areas in the nucleus and contains an N-terminal transcriptional repression domain. This repression is independent of histone deacetylase inhibition. A homologue of MBD3L1, MBD3L2, was also identified and cloned. Expression of MBD3L2 was found in germ cell tumors and some somatic tissues. These novel proteins may function as counterparts of MBD2 and/or MBD3 in developmental stage-specific transcriptional repression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Complementary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Green Fluorescent Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Luciferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Luminescent Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MBD2 protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MBD3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mbd3 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Repressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
621-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Testis, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12504854-Transfection
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
MBD3L1 and MBD3L2, two new proteins homologous to the methyl-CpG-binding proteins MBD2 and MBD3: characterization of MBD3L1 as a testis-specific transcriptional repressor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Duarte, California 91010, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.