Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Structural basis for activation of DNMT1

  • Amika Kikuchi,
  • Hiroki Onoda,
  • Kosuke Yamaguchi,
  • Satomi Kori,
  • Shun Matsuzawa,
  • Yoshie Chiba,
  • Shota Tanimoto,
  • Sae Yoshimi,
  • Hiroki Sato,
  • Atsushi Yamagata,
  • Mikako Shirouzu,
  • Naruhiko Adachi,
  • Jafar Sharif,
  • Haruhiko Koseki,
  • Atsuya Nishiyama,
  • Makoto Nakanishi,
  • Pierre-Antoine Defossez,
  • Kyohei Arita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34779-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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DNMT1 is an essential for maintaining genomic DNA methylation. Here, we report the cryo-EM structure of DNMT1 bound to ubiquitinated H3 and hemimethylated DNA, revealing structural insight into the activation mechanism of DNMT1.