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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6020
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-25
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Maintenance of genomic methylation patterns is mediated primarily by DNA methyltransferase-1 (DNMT1). We have solved structures of mouse and human DNMT1 composed of CXXC, tandem bromo-adjacent homology (BAH1/2), and methyltransferase domains bound to DNA-containing unmethylated CpG sites. The CXXC specifically binds to unmethylated CpG dinucleotide and positions the CXXC-BAH1 linker between the DNA and the active site of DNMT1, preventing de novo methylation. In addition, a loop projecting from BAH2 interacts with the target recognition domain (TRD) of the methyltransferase, stabilizing the TRD in a retracted position and preventing it from inserting into the DNA major groove. Our studies identify an autoinhibitory mechanism, in which unmethylated CpG dinucleotides are occluded from the active site to ensure that only hemimethylated CpG dinucleotides undergo methylation.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
331
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1036-40
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Catalytic Domain, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-DNA-Cytosine Methylases, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Dinucleoside Phosphates, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Mutant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:21163962-Substrate Specificity
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure of DNMT1-DNA complex reveals a role for autoinhibition in maintenance DNA methylation.
pubmed:affiliation
Structural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural