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Nat Commun ; 11(1): 3723, 2020 07 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32709850

ABSTRACT

DNA methylation maintenance by DNMT1 is an essential process in mammals but molecular mechanisms connecting DNA methylation patterns and enzyme activity remain elusive. Here, we systematically analyzed the specificity of DNMT1, revealing a pronounced influence of the DNA sequences flanking the target CpG site on DNMT1 activity. We determined DNMT1 structures in complex with preferred DNA substrates revealing that DNMT1 employs flanking sequence-dependent base flipping mechanisms, with large structural rearrangements of the DNA correlating with low catalytic activity. Moreover, flanking sequences influence the conformational dynamics of the active site and cofactor binding pocket. Importantly, we show that the flanking sequence preferences of DNMT1 highly correlate with genomic methylation in human and mouse cells, and 5-azacytidine triggered DNA demethylation is more pronounced at CpG sites with flanks disfavored by DNMT1. Overall, our findings uncover the intricate interplay between CpG-flanking sequence, DNMT1-mediated base flipping and the dynamic landscape of DNA methylation.


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Base Sequence , DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1/chemistry , DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1/metabolism , DNA Methylation , DNA/chemistry , DNA/metabolism , Animals , Catalytic Domain , Crystallography, X-Ray , DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1/genetics , DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Gene Knockout Techniques , Kinetics , Mice, Knockout , Models, Molecular , Nucleic Acid Conformation , Oligonucleotides , Protein Conformation , Substrate Specificity
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Nat Commun ; 11(1): 3355, 2020 07 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32620778

ABSTRACT

Mammalian DNA methylation patterns are established by two de novo DNA methyltransferases, DNMT3A and DNMT3B, which exhibit both redundant and distinctive methylation activities. However, the related molecular basis remains undetermined. Through comprehensive structural, enzymology and cellular characterization of DNMT3A and DNMT3B, we here report a multi-layered substrate-recognition mechanism underpinning their divergent genomic methylation activities. A hydrogen bond in the catalytic loop of DNMT3B causes a lower CpG specificity than DNMT3A, while the interplay of target recognition domain and homodimeric interface fine-tunes the distinct target selection between the two enzymes, with Lysine 777 of DNMT3B acting as a unique sensor of the +1 flanking base. The divergent substrate preference between DNMT3A and DNMT3B provides an explanation for site-specific epigenomic alterations seen in ICF syndrome with DNMT3B mutations. Together, this study reveals distinctive substrate-readout mechanisms of the two DNMT3 enzymes, implicative of their differential roles during development and pathogenesis.


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CpG Islands/genetics , DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/metabolism , DNA Methylation , Animals , Catalytic Domain , Cell Line , DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/genetics , DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/ultrastructure , DNA Methyltransferase 3A , Embryonic Stem Cells , Enzyme Assays , Epigenesis, Genetic , Face/abnormalities , Humans , Mice , Mutation , Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases/genetics , Structure-Activity Relationship , Substrate Specificity/genetics , X-Ray Diffraction , DNA Methyltransferase 3B
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Nat Commun ; 11(1): 2294, 2020 05 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32385248

ABSTRACT

DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A is essential for establishment of mammalian DNA methylation during development. The R882H DNMT3A is a hotspot mutation in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) causing aberrant DNA methylation. However, how this mutation affects the structure and function of DNMT3A remains unclear. Here we report structural characterization of wild-type and R882H-mutated DNMT3A in complex with DNA substrates with different sequence contexts. A loop from the target recognition domain (TRD loop) recognizes the CpG dinucleotides in a +1 flanking site-dependent manner. The R882H mutation reduces the DNA binding at the homodimeric interface, as well as the molecular link between the homodimeric interface and TRD loop, leading to enhanced dynamics of TRD loop. Consistently, in vitro methylation analyses indicate that the R882H mutation compromises the enzymatic activity, CpG specificity and flanking sequence preference of DNMT3A. Together, this study uncovers multiple defects of DNMT3A caused by the R882H mutation in AML.


Subject(s)
DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/chemistry , DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/genetics , DNA Methylation/genetics , Mutation/genetics , Base Sequence , DNA/genetics , Humans , Models, Molecular , Protein Binding , Protein Domains , Structure-Activity Relationship
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J Mol Biol ; 432(2): 569-575, 2020 01 17.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31726062

ABSTRACT

DNA methylation plays a critical role in regulating gene expression, genomic stability, and cell fate commitment. Mammalian DNA methylation, which mostly occurs in the context of CpG dinucleotide, is installed by two denovo DNA methyltransferases, DNMT3A and DNMT3B. Oligomerization of DNMT3A and DNMT3B permits both enzymes to comethylate two CpG sites located on the same DNA substrates. However, how DNMT3A- and DNMT3B-mediated co-methylation contributes to the DNA methylation patterns remain unclear. Here we generated covalent enzyme-substrate complexes of DNMT3A and DNMT3B, and performed bisulfite sequencing-based single-turnover methylation analysis on both complexes. Our results showed that both DNMT3A- and DNMT3B-mediated co-methylation preferentially gives rise to a methylation spacing of 14 base pairs, consistent with the previous structural observation for DNMT3A in complex with regulatory protein DNMT3L and CpG DNA. This study provides a novel method for mechanistic investigation of DNMT3A- and DNMT3B-mediated DNA co-methylation.


Subject(s)
DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/genetics , DNA Methylation/genetics , Multiprotein Complexes/genetics , CpG Islands/genetics , DNA/chemistry , DNA/genetics , DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/chemistry , DNA Methyltransferase 3A , Gene Expression Regulation , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Humans , Multiprotein Complexes/chemistry , Protein Conformation , Substrate Specificity , DNA Methyltransferase 3B
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