| Structural highlights
Function
TET3_XENTR Dioxygenase that catalyzes the conversion of the modified genomic base 5-methylcytosine (5mC) into 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) and plays a key role in epigenetic chromatin reprogramming during embryonic development. Conversion of 5mC into 5hmC probably constitutes the first step in cytosine demethylation. Selectively binds to the promoter region of target genes and contributes to regulate the expression of numerous developmental genes, including pax6, rax, sox9 and six3. May also contribute to the regulation of target genes in ways that do not require its enzyme activity.[1]
References
- ↑ Xu Y, Xu C, Kato A, Tempel W, Abreu JG, Bian C, Hu Y, Hu D, Zhao B, Cerovina T, Diao J, Wu F, He HH, Cui Q, Clark E, Ma C, Barbara A, Veenstra GJ, Xu G, Kaiser UB, Liu XS, Sugrue SP, He X, Min J, Kato Y, Shi YG. Tet3 CXXC Domain and Dioxygenase Activity Cooperatively Regulate Key Genes for Xenopus Eye and Neural Development. Cell. 2012 Dec 7;151(6):1200-13. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.11.014. PMID:23217707 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2012.11.014
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