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ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology2022

Mediating and maintaining methylation while minimizing mutation: Recent advances on mammalian DNA methyltransferases.

Xiaodong Cheng, Robert M Blumenthal

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Review in Current opinion in structural biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Roles of transposable elements and DNA methylation in the formation of CpG islands and CpG-depleted regulatory elements.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaodong ChengDepartment of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: xcheng5@mdanderson.org.
Robert M BlumenthalDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Program in Bioinformatics, The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of Toledo · US

Funding

Epigenetic regulations of DNA and histone methylation and deMethylation: Structures and MechanismsR35GM134744 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Xiaodong Cheng · 2020 to 2026
$4.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM134744
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian genomes are methylated on carbon-5 of many cytosines, mostly in CpG dinucleotides. Methylation patterns are maintained during mitosis via DNMT1, and regulatory factors involved in processes that include histone modifications. Methylation in a sequence longer than CpG can influence the binding of sequence-specific transcription factors, thus affecting gene expression. 5-Methylcytosine deamination results in C-to-T transition. While some mutations are beneficial, most are not; so boosting C-to-T transitions can be dangerous. Given the role of DNMT3A in establishing de novo DNA methylation during development, it is this CpG methylation and deamination that provide the major mutagenic impetus in the DNMT3A gene itself, including the R882H dominant-negative substitution associated with two diseases: germline mutations in DNMT3A overgrowth syndrome, and somatic mutations in clonal hematopoiesis that can initiate acute myeloid leukemia. We discuss recent developments in therapeutics targeting DNMT1, the role of noncatalytic isoform DNMT3B3 in regulating de novo methylation by DNMT3A, and structural characterization of DNMT3A in various configurations.

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DNA MethylationDNA Methyltransferase 3AMammalsAnimalsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA Methyltransferase 3BMutationDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA Methyltransferase 3ADNA Methyltransferase 3B

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PMID35914495
PMCPMC9620438
OpenAlexW4288683566

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