DNMT3b

DNMT3B

DNMT3B

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3 beta, is an enzyme that in humans in encoded by the DNMT3B gene.[5] Mutation in this gene are associated with immunodeficiency, centromere instability and facial anomalies syndrome.[6]

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Function

CpG methylation is an epigenetic modification that is important for embryonic development, imprinting, and X-chromosome inactivation. Studies in mice have demonstrated that DNA methylation is required for mammalian development. This gene encodes a DNA methyltransferase which is thought to function in de novo methylation, rather than maintenance methylation. The protein localizes primarily to the nucleus and its expression is developmentally regulated. Eight alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described. The full length sequences of variants 4 and 5 have not been determined.[5]

Clinical significance

Immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies (ICF) syndrome is a result of defects in lymphocyte maturation resulting from aberrant DNA methylation caused by mutations in the DNMT3B gene.[6]

Variants of the gene can also contribute to nicotine dependency.[7]

Interactions

DNMT3B has been shown to interact with:


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Ehrlich M (October 2003). "The ICF syndrome, a DNA methyltransferase 3B deficiency and immunodeficiency disease". Clinical Immunology. 109 (1): 17–28. doi:10.1016/S1521-6616(03)00201-8. PMID 14585272.
  4. Hancock DB, Guo Y, Reginsson GW, Gaddis NC, Lutz SM, Sherva R, et al. (October 2017). "Genome-wide association study across European and African American ancestries identifies a SNP in DNMT3B contributing to nicotine dependence". Molecular Psychiatry. 23 (9): 1911–1919. doi:10.1038/mp.2017.193. PMC 5882602. PMID 28972577.
  5. Lehnertz B, Ueda Y, Derijck AA, Braunschweig U, Perez-Burgos L, Kubicek S, Chen T, Li E, Jenuwein T, Peters AH (July 2003). "Suv39h-mediated histone H3 lysine 9 methylation directs DNA methylation to major satellite repeats at pericentric heterochromatin". Current Biology. 13 (14): 1192–200. Bibcode:2003CBio...13.1192L. doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00432-9. PMID 12867029. S2CID 2320997.
  6. Kim GD, Ni J, Kelesoglu N, Roberts RJ, Pradhan S (August 2002). "Co-operation and communication between the human maintenance and de novo DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferases". The EMBO Journal. 21 (15): 4183–95. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdf401. PMC 126147. PMID 12145218.
  7. Geiman TM, Sankpal UT, Robertson AK, Chen Y, Mazumdar M, Heale JT, Schmiesing JA, Kim W, Yokomori K, Zhao Y, Robertson KD (2004). "Isolation and characterization of a novel DNA methyltransferase complex linking DNMT3B with components of the mitotic chromosome condensation machinery". Nucleic Acids Research. 32 (9): 2716–29. doi:10.1093/nar/gkh589. PMC 419596. PMID 15148359.
  8. Kang ES, Park CW, Chung JH (December 2001). "Dnmt3b, de novo DNA methyltransferase, interacts with SUMO-1 and Ubc9 through its N-terminal region and is subject to modification by SUMO-1". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 289 (4): 862–8. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2001.6057. PMID 11735126.

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