CpG methylation is an epigenetic modification that is important for embryonic development, imprinting, and X-chromosome inactivation. Studies in mice have demonstrated that DNA methylation is required for mammalian development. This gene encodes a DNA methyltransferase which is thought to function in de novo methylation, rather than maintenance methylation. The protein localizes primarily to the nucleus and its expression is developmentally regulated. Eight alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described. The full length sequences of variants 4 and 5 have not been determined.[1]
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Kang ES, Park CW, Chung JH (December 2001). "Dnmt3b, de novo DNA methyltransferase, interacts with SUMO-1 and Ubc9 through its N-terminal region and is subject to modification by SUMO-1". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 289 (4): 862–8. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2001.6057. PMID11735126.
Rhee I, Bachman KE, Park BH, Jair KW, Yen RW, Schuebel KE, Cui H, Feinberg AP, Lengauer C, Kinzler KW, Baylin SB, Vogelstein B (April 2002). "DNMT1 and DNMT3b cooperate to silence genes in human cancer cells". Nature. 416 (6880): 552–6. doi:10.1038/416552a. PMID11932749.
Hata K, Okano M, Lei H, Li E (April 2002). "Dnmt3L cooperates with the Dnmt3 family of de novo DNA methyltransferases to establish maternal imprints in mice". Development. 129 (8): 1983–93. PMID11934864.
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