Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Sep 1;21(17):5075-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.03.118. Epub 2011 Apr 9.
5-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC) is a newly discovered DNA base in mammalian cells that is believed to be another important epigenetic modification. Here we report the use of a methylation-insensitive restriction enzyme Taq(α)I coupled with selective chemical labeling of 5-hmC in a combined glycosylation restriction analysis (CGRA) to detect 5-hmC in TCGA sequences. This method, differentiates fully versus hemi-hydroxymethylated cytosine in the CpG dinucleotide, adds a new tool to facilitate biological studies of 5-hmC.
5-羟甲基胞嘧啶(5-hmC)是哺乳动物细胞中一种新发现的 DNA 碱基,被认为是另一种重要的表观遗传修饰。在这里,我们报告了使用甲基化不敏感的限制酶 Taq(α)I 与 5-hmC 的选择性化学标记相结合的方法,即组合糖基化限制分析(CGRA),在 TCGA 序列中检测 5-hmC。该方法可区分 CpG 二核苷酸中的全羟甲基化胞嘧啶和半羟甲基化胞嘧啶,为 5-hmC 的生物学研究提供了新的工具。