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| Format: | Artículo científico |
| Language: | en |
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Science advances
2025
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| Online Access: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40367178/ |
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- Identification and characterization of the de novo methyltransferases for eukaryotic -methyladenine (6mA). Cheng, Ting Zhang, Jiachen Li, Haicheng Diao, Jinghan Zhang, Wenxin Niu, Junhua Kawaguchi, Takayuki Nakayama, Jun-Ichi Kataoka, Kensuke Gao, Shan Adenine Methyltransferases Tetrahymena thermophila DNA Methylation Epigenesis, Genetic Protozoan Proteins -methyladenine (6mA) is an intensively investigated epigenetic modification in eukaryotes. 6mA is maintained through semiconservative transmission during DNA replication, but the identity of de novo methyltransferase (MTase) catalyzing its establishment remains unknown. Here, we identified MT-A70 family proteins AMT2 and AMT5 as the de novo MTases responsible for 6mA establishment, using the unique sexual reproduction process of the unicellular eukaryote . Deletion of and led to a substantial decrease in 6mA levels in the progeny macronucleus, resulting in an altered gene expression pattern and a substantial decline in the survival rate of sexual progenies. Additionally, the maintenance MTase AMT1 could exhibit a much diminished de novo methylation activity in cells lacking AMT2 and AMT5. Our study delineated the establishment-maintenance pathway of 6mA and underscored the biological importance of de novo methylation, revealing a notable parallel between 6mA and the classical 5-methylcytosine in eukaryotes.