Structural highlights
Function
SPOC1_MOUSE Essential excecutor of PIWIL4-piRNA pathway directed transposon DNA methylation and silencing in the male embryonic germ cells (PubMed:32674113). Associates with the de novo DNA methylation machinery and repressive chromatin remodeling complexes (PubMed:32674113). Tethering of PIWIL4 to a nascent transposable element transcript recruits repressive chromatin remodeling activities and the de novo methylation apparatus through SPOCD1 (PubMed:32674113). Not required for piRNA biosynthesis (PubMed:32674113).[1]
References
- ↑ Zoch A, Auchynnikava T, Berrens RV, Kabayama Y, Schöpp T, Heep M, Vasiliauskaitė L, Pérez-Rico YA, Cook AG, Shkumatava A, Rappsilber J, Allshire RC, O'Carroll D. SPOCD1 is an essential executor of piRNA-directed de novo DNA methylation. Nature. 2020 Aug;584(7822):635-639. PMID:32674113 doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2557-5
