DNA Methylation: Structures, Functions and Regulation

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University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr, Houston TX

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Abstract

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The control of gene expression in mammals relies in part on modifications to cytosine residues in DNA, which exist in at least five forms: cytosine (C), 5-methylcytosine (5mC), 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), 5- formylcytosine (5fC) and 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC). DNA methyltransferases methylate cytosine at the 5- position in the context of CpG dinucleotides, generating 5mC in the genome. Ten-eleven translocation (Tet) dioxygenases convert 5mC to 5hmC, 5fC, and 5caC in three consecutive oxidation reactions. These modifications are dynamically regulated during embryonic development and enriched in brain. To understand the function of these modifications and the regulatory mechanisms that control the levels and genomic distribution of the five forms of the cytosine, we propose to study the enzymes/proteins that generate, read, and remove these modifications. Specifically, the three aims of this proposal are to determine central aspects, enzymatically and structurally, of (1) 5mC oxidation by Tet proteins, (2) modification-specific recognition by C2H2 zinc-finger and SRA-domain proteins, and (3) 5mC and 5hmC base excision by DNA glycosylases.

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