Dnmt1 has de novo activity targeted to transposable elements.
Haggerty C, Kretzmer H, Riemenschneider C, Kumar AS, Mattei AL, Bailly N, Gottfreund J, Giesselmann P, Weigert R, Brändl B, Giehr P, Buschow R, Galonska C, von Meyenn F, Pappalardi MB, McCabe MT, Wittler L, Giesecke-Thiel C, Mielke T, Meierhofer D, Timmermann B, Müller FJ, Walter J, Meissner A.
Haggerty C, et al. Among authors: meissner a.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2021 Jul;28(7):594-603. doi: 10.1038/s41594-021-00603-8. Epub 2021 Jun 17.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2021.
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Our data demonstrate that Dnmt1 can catalyze DNA methylation in both a de novo and maintenance context, especially at retrotransposons, where this mechanism may provide additional stability for long-term repression and epigenetic propagation throughout development....
Our data demonstrate that Dnmt1 can catalyze DNA methylation in both a de novo and maintenance context, especially at retrotransposons, wher …