Recognition of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine by the Uhrf1 SRA domain.

Recent discovery of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) in genomic DNA raises the question how this sixth base is recognized by cellular proteins. In contrast to the methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD) of MeCP2, we found that the SRA domain of Uhrf1, an essential factor in DNA maintenance methylation, binds...

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Main Authors: Carina Frauer, Thomas Hoffmann, Sebastian Bultmann, Valentina Casa, M Cristina Cardoso, Iris Antes, Heinrich Leonhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3120858?pdf=render