TET (Ten-eleven translocation) family proteins: structure, biological functions and applications

X Zhang, Y Zhang, C Wang, X Wang - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Ten-eleven translocation (TET) family proteins (TETs), specifically, TET1, TET2 and TET3,
can modify DNA by oxidizing 5-methylcytosine (5mC) iteratively to yield 5 …

The DNA methyltransferase family: a versatile toolkit for epigenetic regulation

F Lyko - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
The DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) family comprises a conserved set of DNA-modifying
enzymes that have a central role in epigenetic gene regulation. Recent studies have shown …

Epigenetic encoding, heritability and plasticity of glioma transcriptional cell states

R Chaligne, F Gaiti, D Silverbush, JS Schiffman… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing has revealed extensive transcriptional cell state diversity in
cancer, often observed independently of genetic heterogeneity, raising the central question …

TET-mediated active DNA demethylation: mechanism, function and beyond

X Wu, Y Zhang - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
In mammals, DNA methylation in the form of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) can be actively
reversed to unmodified cytosine (C) through TET dioxygenase-mediated oxidation of 5mC to …

DNA methylation clocks in aging: categories, causes, and consequences

AE Field, NA Robertson, T Wang, A Havas, T Ideker… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Age-associated changes to the mammalian DNA methylome are well documented and
thought to promote diseases of aging, such as cancer. Recent studies have identified …

TET enzymes in the immune system: from DNA demethylation to immunotherapy, inflammation, and cancer

IF López-Moyado, M Ko, PG Hogan… - Annual review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Ten-eleven translocation (TET) proteins are iron-dependent and α-ketoglutarate-dependent
dioxygenases that sequentially oxidize the methyl group of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5 …

The DNA methylation landscape in cancer

K Skvortsova, C Stirzaker, P Taberlay - Essays in biochemistry, 2019 - portlandpress.com
As one of the most abundant and well-studied epigenetic modifications, DNA methylation
plays an essential role in normal development and cellular biology. Global alterations to the …

Function and information content of DNA methylation

D Schübeler - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Cytosine methylation is a DNA modification generally associated with transcriptional
silencing. Factors that regulate methylation have been linked to human disease, yet how …

Enhancers as non-coding RNA transcription units: recent insights and future perspectives

W Li, D Notani, MG Rosenfeld - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Networks of regulatory enhancers dictate distinct cell identities and cellular responses to
diverse signals by instructing precise spatiotemporal patterns of gene expression. However …

Mechanisms that regulate the activities of TET proteins

K Joshi, S Liu, P Breslin SJ, J Zhang - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
The ten–eleven translocation (TET) family of dioxygenases consists of three members,
TET1, TET2, and TET3. All three TET enzymes have Fe+ 2 and α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) …