Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40138405›Full record

ArticleScience advances2025

Histone modification-driven structural remodeling unleashes DNMT3B in DNA methylation.

Chao-Cheng Cho, Hsun-Ho Huang, Bo-Chen Jiang, Wei-Zen Yang, Yi-Ning Chen, Hanna S Yuan

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Chao-Cheng ChoInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC.ORCID 0000-0002-4776-9031
Hsun-Ho HuangInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC.
Bo-Chen JiangInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC.ORCID 0009-0004-6071-108X
Wei-Zen YangInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC.ORCID 0000-0002-0879-9510
Yi-Ning ChenInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC.
Hanna S YuanInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC.ORCID 0000-0001-9671-6967

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The DNA methyltransferase 3B (DNMT3B) plays a vital role in shaping DNA methylation patterns during mammalian development. DNMT3B is intricately regulated by histone H3 modifications, yet the dynamic interplay between DNMT3B and histone modifications remains enigmatic. Here, we demonstrate that the PWWP (proline-tryptophan-tryptophan-proline) domain within DNMT3B exhibits remarkable dynamics that enhances the enzyme's methyltransferase activity upon interactions with a modified histone H3 peptide (H3K4

Indexed as

DNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA MethylationHistone CodeHistonesDNA Methyltransferase 3BHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein DomainsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA Methyltransferase 3BHistones

Identifiers

PMID40138405
PMCPMC11939060

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.