The UHRF protein family in epigenetics, development, and carcinogenesis

M Unoki, H Sasaki - Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The UHRF protein family consists of multidomain regulatory proteins that sense modification
status of DNA and/or proteins and catalyze the ubiquitylation of target proteins. Through their …

Chromatin remodeling in replication‐uncoupled maintenance DNA methylation and chromosome stability: Insights from ICF syndrome studies

M Unoki - Genes to Cells, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, and facial anomalies (ICF) syndrome is
characterized by frequent appearance of multiradial chromosomes, which are distinctive …

CDCA7 and HELLS suppress DNA: RNA hybrid-associated DNA damage at pericentromeric repeats

M Unoki, J Sharif, Y Saito, G Velasco, C Francastel… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, facial anomalies (ICF) syndrome is a rare
autosomal recessive disorder that is caused by mutations in either DNMT3B, ZBTB24 …

The epigenetic machinery in the life cycle and pharmacoepigenetics

R Cacabelos, I Tellado, P Cacabelos - Pharmacoepigenetics, 2019 - Elsevier
Epigenetics is a discipline that studies potentially reversible heritable changes in gene
expression with no structural modifications in the DNA sequence. The epigenetic machinery …

Enhanced processivity of Dnmt1 by monoubiquitinated histone H3

Y Mishima, L Brueckner, S Takahashi… - Genes to …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation controls gene expression, and once established, DNA methylation patterns
are faithfully copied during DNA replication by the maintenance DNA methyltransferase …

Now and then in eukaryotic DNA methylation

RA Stein, FE Gomaa, P Raparla… - Physiological …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Since the mid-1970s, increasingly innovative methods to detect DNA methylation provided
detailed information about its distribution, functions, and dynamics. As a result, new …

Chemical synthesis of the ubiquitinated form of histone H3 and its effect on DNA methyltransferase 1

T Kawakami, Y Mishima, M Takazawa… - Journal of Peptide …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Posttranslational modifications of histone proteins, which form nucleosome cores, play an
important role in gene regulation. Ubiquitination is one such modification. We previously …

Disease-Associated Mutation A554V Disrupts Normal Autoinhibition of DNMT1

RL Switzer, ZJ Hartman, GR Hewett, CF Carroll - DNA, 2023 - mdpi.com
DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) is the enzyme primarily responsible for propagation of
the methylation pattern in cells. Mutations in DNMT1 have been linked to the development of …

Enzymology of mammalian DNA methyltransferases

RZ Jurkowska, A Jeltsch - DNA Methyltransferases-Role and Function, 2022 - Springer
DNA methylation is a hot topic in basic and biomedical research. Despite tremendous
progress in understanding the structures and biochemical properties of the mammalian DNA …

Then and Now in Eukaryotic DNA Methylation

RA Stein, FE Gomaa, P Raparla, L Riber - Physiological Genomics - journals.physiology.org
Then and Now in Eukaryotic DNA Methylation Page 1 1 Then and Now in Eukaryotic DNA
Methylation 1 Richard A. Stein1*, Faris E. Gomaa1, Pranaya Raparla1, and Leise Riber2 2 3 4 …