Direct readout of heterochromatic H3K9me3 regulates DNMT1-mediated maintenance DNA methylation
Wendan Ren, Huitao Fan, Sara A. Grimm, Yiran Guo, Jae Jin Kim, Jiekai Yin, Linhui Li, Christopher J. Petell, Xiao-Feng Tan, Zhimin Zhang, John P. Coan, Linfeng Gao, Ling Cai, Brittany Detrick, Burak Çetin, , Jikui Song
This study identifies the RFTS domain of DNMT1 as a reader for H3K9me3/H3Ub, showing its role in DNA methylation maintenance and genomic stability.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jul 16, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics