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- Title
Thymine DNA glycosylase specifically recognizes 5-carboxylcytosine-modified DNA.
- Authors
Zhang, Liang; Lu, Xingyu; Lu, Junyan; Liang, Haihua; Dai, Qing; Xu, Guo-Liang; Luo, Cheng; Jiang, Hualiang; He, Chuan
- Abstract
Human thymine DNA glycosylase (hTDG) efficiently excises 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC), a key oxidation product of 5-methylcytosine in genomic DNA, in a recently discovered cytosine demethylation pathway. We present here the crystal structures of the hTDG catalytic domain in complex with duplex DNA containing either 5caC or a fluorinated analog. These structures, together with biochemical and computational analyses, reveal that 5caC is specifically recognized in the active site of hTDG, supporting the role of TDG in mammalian 5-methylcytosine demethylation.
- Publication
Nature chemical biology, 2012, Vol 8, Issue 4, p328
- ISSN
1552-4469
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nchembio.914