DNMT3L

DNMT3L

DNMT3L

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3-like is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DNMT3L gene.[5][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 nuclear protein with similarity to DNA methyltransferases. This protein is not thought to function as a DNA methyltransferase as it does not contain the amino acid residues necessary for methyltransferase activity. However, this protein does stimulate de novo methylation by DNA cytosine methyltransferase 3 alpha and it is thought to be required for the establishment of maternal genomic imprints. This protein also mediates transcriptional repression through interaction with histone deacetylase 1. Alternative splicing results in two transcript variants. An additional splice variant has been described but its biological validity has not been determined.[6]

Interactions

DNMT3L has been shown to interact with HDAC1.[7][8]


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. Aapola U, Kawasaki K, Scott HS, Ollila J, Vihinen M, Heino M, et al. (August 2000). "Isolation and initial characterization of a novel zinc finger gene, DNMT3L, on 21q22.3, related to the cytosine-5-methyltransferase 3 gene family". Genomics. 65 (3): 293–8. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6168. PMID 10857753.
  4. Deplus R, Brenner C, Burgers WA, Putmans P, Kouzarides T, de Launoit Y, et al. (September 2002). "Dnmt3L is a transcriptional repressor that recruits histone deacetylase". Nucleic Acids Res. 30 (17): 3831–8. doi:10.1093/nar/gkf509. PMC 137431. PMID 12202768.

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