Methyltransferase-Directed Derivatization of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in DNA
摘要:
Cytosine modification by AdoMet–dependent DNA methyltransferases is part of an epigenetic regulatory network in vertebrates. Here we show that, in the absence of AdoMet, bacterial cytosine-5 methyltransferases can catalyze condensation of aliphatic thiols and selenols to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in DNA yielding 5-chalcogenomethyl derivatives. These new atypical reactions open new ways for sequence-specific derivatization and analysis of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, a recently discovered nucleobase in mammalian DNA
CONVERSION OF ALPHA-HYDROXYALKYLATED RESIDUES IN BIOMOLECULES USING METHYLTRANSFERASES
申请人:Biotechnologijos Institutas
公开号:EP2414527A1
公开(公告)日:2012-02-08
DERIVATIZATION OF BIOMOLECULES BY COVALENT COUPLING OF NON-COFACTOR COMPOUNDS USING METHYLTRANSFERASES
申请人:Biotechnologijos Institutas
公开号:EP2414528A1
公开(公告)日:2012-02-08
Conversion of alpha-hydroxyalkylated residues in biomolecules using methyltransferases
申请人:Vilnius University
公开号:US20150093752A1
公开(公告)日:2015-04-02
The present invention relates to targeted conversion of alpha-hydroxyalkylated residues in biomolecules in the presence of a directing methyltransferase, namely to targeted removal of the alpha-hydroxyalkyl moieties to give unmodified residues, or targeted derivatization of the alpha-hydroxyalkyl groups by covalent coupling of non-cofactor compounds represented by formula HQ-LX, wherein X represents a functional group or a reporter group attached via a linker moiety L, and QH is selected from HS—, HSe—, HO—H
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N—, HN
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or HCN in the presence of a directing methyltransferase. Further development of the method of targeted conversion comprises methods for targeted labeling a biomolecule and method for detecting hydroxymethylated target sites in a biomolecule according to the present invention.