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Methyl-CpG-binding proteins. Targeting specific gene repression. 总被引:25,自引:0,他引:25
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Yakabe S Soejima H Yatsuki H Tominaga H Zhao W Higashimoto K Joh K Kudo S Miyazaki K Mukai T 《Genes & genetic systems》2008,83(2):199-208
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Mbd1 is recruited to both methylated and nonmethylated CpGs via distinct DNA binding domains 总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11
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MBD1 is a vertebrate methyl-CpG binding domain protein (MBD) that can bring about repression of methylated promoter DNA sequences. Like other MBD proteins, MBD1 localizes to nuclear foci that in mice are rich in methyl-CpG. In methyl-CpG-deficient mouse cells, however, Mbd1 remains localized to heterochromatic foci whereas other MBD proteins become dispersed in the nucleus. We find that Mbd1a, a major mouse isoform, contains a CXXC domain (CXXC-3) that binds specifically to nonmethylated CpG, suggesting an explanation for methylation-independent localization. Transfection studies demonstrate that the CXXC-3 domain indeed targets nonmethylated CpG sites in vivo. Repression of nonmethylated reporter genes depends on the CXXC-3 domain, whereas repression of methylated reporters requires the MBD. Our findings indicate that MBD1 can interpret the CpG dinucleotide as a repressive signal in vivo regardless of its methylation status. 相似文献
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Fuks F Hurd PJ Wolf D Nan X Bird AP Kouzarides T 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2003,278(6):4035-4040
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Dissection of the methyl-CpG binding domain from the chromosomal protein MeCP2. 总被引:37,自引:6,他引:31
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MeCP2 is a chromosomal protein which binds to DNA that is methylated at CpG. In situ immunofluorescence in mouse cells has shown that the protein is most concentrated in pericentromeric heterochromatin, suggesting that MeCP2 may play a role in the formation of inert chromatin. Here we have isolated a minimal methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD) from MeCP2. MBD is 85 amino acids in length, and binds exclusively to DNA that contains one or more symmetrically methylated CpGs. MBD has negligable non-specific affinity for DNA, confirming that non-specific and methyl-CpG specific binding domains of MeCP2 are distinct. In vitro footprinting indicates that MBD binding can protect a 12 nucleotide region surrounding a methyl-CpG pair, with an approximate dissociation constant of 10(-9) M. 相似文献