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ArticleNucleic acids research2010

Recruitment of MBD1 to target genes requires sequence-specific interaction of the MBD domain with methylated DNA.

Thomas Clouaire, Jose Ignacio de Las Heras, Cara Merusi, Irina Stancheva

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Early Postnatal Treatment with Valproate InducesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  14. MBD1 Contributes to the Genesis of Acute Pain and Neuropathic Pain by Epigenetic Silencing ofThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas ClouaireWellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Jose Ignacio de Las Heras
Cara Merusi
Irina Stancheva
University of Edinburgh · GBWellcome Centre for Cell Biology · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 8983Cancer Research UK C7215/A8983Wellcome Trust 077691/Z/05/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MBD1, a member of the methyl-CpG-binding domain family of proteins, has been reported to repress transcription of methylated and unmethylated promoters. As some MBD1 isoforms contain two DNA-binding domains-an MBD, which recognizes methylated DNA; and a CXXC3 zinc finger, which binds unmethylated CpG-it is unclear whether these two domains function independently of each other or if they cooperate in facilitating recruitment of MBD1 to particular genomic loci. In this report we investigate DNA-binding specificity of MBD and CXXC3 domains in vitro and in vivo. We find that the methyl-CpG-binding domain of MBD1 binds more efficiently to methylated DNA within a specific sequence context. We identify genes that are targeted by MBD1 in human cells and demonstrate that a functional MBD domain is necessary and sufficient for recruitment of MBD1 to specific sites at these loci, while DNA binding by the CXXC3 motif is largely dispensable. In summary, the binding preferences of MBD1, although dependent upon the presence of methylated DNA, are clearly distinct from those of other methyl-CpG-binding proteins, MBD2 and MeCP2.

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DNA MethylationCell LineCpG IslandsDNA-Binding ProteinsGene SilencingHeLa CellsHerpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65HumansPoint MutationPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsReceptors, Nerve Growth Factorrho GTP-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsDNA-Binding ProteinsHerpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65MBD1 protein, humanReceptors, Nerve Growth Factorrho GTP-Binding ProteinsRND2 protein, humanTranscription Factors

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PMID20378711
PMCPMC2919722
OpenAlexW2152145111

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