title: DNA methylation pathways and their crosstalk with histone methylation.
abstract: Methylation of DNA and of histone 3 at Lys 9 (H3K9) are highly correlated with gene silencing in eukaryotes from fungi to humans. Both of these epigenetic marks need to be established at specific regions of the genome and then maintained at these sites through cell division. Protein structural domains that specifically recognize methylated DNA and methylated histones are key for targeting enzymes that catalyse these marks to appropriate genome sites. Genetic, genomic, structural and biochemical data reveal connections between these two epigenetic marks, and these domains mediate much of the crosstalk.
authors: Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China.
authors: Jiamu
authors: J
authors: Du
authors: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors: Lianna M
authors: LM
authors: Johnson
authors: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors: Steven E
authors: SE
authors: Jacobsen
authors: Structural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.
authors: Dinshaw J
authors: DJ
authors: Patel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000076123:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1; D004248:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases / Q000502:physiology; D019175:DNA Methylation; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D006657:Histones; D000076123:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1; D004248:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases; C406364:UHRF1 protein, human; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases