Methylated DNA and MeCP2 recruit histone deacetylase to repress transcription
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Genetics
- Vol. 19 (2) , 187-191
- https://doi.org/10.1038/561
Abstract
CpG methylation in vertebrates correlates with alterations in chromatin structure and gene silencing1,2,3,4. Differences in DNA-methylation status are associated with imprinting phenomena and carcinogenesis5,6,7,8,9,10. In Xenopus laevis oocytes, DNA methylation dominantly silences transcription through the assembly of a repressive nucleosomal array5. Methylated DNA assembled into chromatin binds the transcriptional repressor MeCP2 which cofractionates with Sin3 and histone deacetylase. Silencing conferred by MeCP2 and methylated DNA can be relieved by inhibition of histone deacetylase, facilitating the remodelling of chromatin and transcriptional activation. These results establish a direct causal relationship between DNA methylation-dependent transcriptional silencing and the modification of chromatin.Keywords
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