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ArticleKAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) DivisionCenter for Desert Agriculture
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2011-02-15Online Publication Date
2011-02-15Print Publication Date
2011-03Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/566024
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DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark involved in diverse biological processes. In plants, DNA methylation can be established through the RNA-directed DNA methylation pathway, an RNA interference pathway for transcriptional gene silencing (TGS), which requires 24-nt small interfering RNAs. In mammals, de novo DNA methylation occurs primarily at two developmental stages: during early embryogenesis and during gametogenesis. While it is not clear whether establishment of DNA methylation patterns in mammals involves RNA interference in general, de novo DNA methylation and suppression of transposons in germ cells require 24-32-nt piwi-interacting small RNAs. DNA methylation status is dynamically regulated by DNA methylation and demethylation reactions. In plants, active DNA demethylation relies on the repressor of silencing 1 family of bifunctional DNA glycosylases, which remove the 5-methylcytosine base and then cleave the DNA backbone at the abasic site, initiating a base excision repair (BER) pathway. In animals, multiple mechanisms of active DNA demethylation have been proposed, including a deaminase- and DNA glycosylase-initiated BER pathway. New information concerning the effects of various histone modifications on the establishment and maintenance of DNA methylation has broadened our understanding of the regulation of DNA methylation. The function of DNA methylation in plants and animals is also discussed in this review. © 2011 IBCB, SIBS, CAS All rights reserved.Citation
He, X.-J., Chen, T., & Zhu, J.-K. (2011). Regulation and function of DNA methylation in plants and animals. Cell Research, 21(3), 442–465. doi:10.1038/cr.2011.23Sponsors
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health grants R01GM070795 and R01GM059138 to J-KZ.Publisher
Springer NatureJournal
Cell ResearchPubMed ID
21321601PubMed Central ID
PMC3152208ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1038/cr.2011.23
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