Molecular enzymology of the catalytic domains of the Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b DNA methyltransferases.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Humaira Gowher, Albert Jeltsch

Abstract

The C-terminal domains of the mammalian DNA methyltransferases Dnmt1, Dnmt3a, and Dnmt3b harbor all the conserved motifs characteristic for cytosine-C5 methyltransferases. Whereas the isolated catalytic domain of Dnmt1 is inactive, we show here that the C-terminal domains of Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b are catalytically active. Neither Dnmt3a nor Dnmt3b shows a significant preference for the satellite 2 sequence, although Dnmt3b is required for methylation of these regions in vivo. However, the catalytic domain of Dnmt3a methylates DNA in a distributive reaction, whereas Dnmt3b is processive, which accelerates methylation of macromolecular DNA in vitro. This property could make Dnmt3b a preferred enzyme for methylation at satellite 2 repeats, since they are highly CG-rich. We have also analyzed the catalytic activities of six different mutations found in ICF (immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, and facial abnormalities) patients in the catalytic domain of Dnmt3b. Five of them display catalytic activities reduced by 10-50-fold; one mutant was inactive in our assay (residual activity <1%). These results confirm that a reduced catalytic activity of Dnm3b causes ICF. However, the mutations in general do not completely abrogate catalyt...Continue Reading

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