Dnmt1

UniProt ID: P13864
Organism: Mus musculus
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1). Maintenance methyltransferase that preferentially methylates hemimethylated DNA to preserve DNA methylation patterns during DNA replication. Catalyzes the transfer of methyl groups to cytosine residues at CpG sites. Essential for genomic imprinting, X-chromosome inactivation, and epigenetic regulation of gene expression.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0005634 nucleus
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
Supporting Evidence:
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
DNMT1 is predominantly **nuclear** and **colocalizes with replication foci during S phase**, consistent with replication-coupled maintenance methylation
GO:0003886 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity. This is the defining molecular function of Dnmt1.
Supporting Evidence:
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
DNMT1 catalyzes transfer of a methyl group to the **C5 position of cytosine** in CpG DNA.
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
The methyl donor is **S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)** (yielding S-adenosylhomocysteine after transfer)
GO:0044027 negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Transcriptional silencing via CpG-island methylation is a downstream consequence of Dnmt1 maintenance methyltransferase activity, not an independent core function.
Reason: Falcon characterizes Dnmt1's primary role as mechanistically narrow (SAM-dependent C5 methyl transfer at hemimethylated CpG); gene silencing via CpG-island methylation is a downstream effect of maintaining the methylation mark rather than a separate core molecular activity.
Supporting Evidence:
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
DNMT1 has an intrinsic **preference for hemimethylated CpG DNA** versus unmethylated CpG DNA, consistent with a maintenance role rather than de novo methylation
GO:0003677 DNA binding
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
Propagation Review
Root cause: TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Failure modes: GRANULARITY MISMATCH
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000066774 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
Node in PTHR10629 (PANTHER family name "CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC METHYLTRANSFERASE"), the family UniProt also assigns to the target (PTHR10629:SF52). The target is squarely inside the clade and DNA binding is genuinely ancestral for it, so the placement is sound; the term is simply the uninformative parent.
MGI:MGI:94912 Β· mouse Dnmt1 (the review target itself) SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The target's own MGI record is one of the two IBD seeds, the expected marker that experimental grounding exists on the target itself: Dnmt1 carries an IDA at this same term (GO:0003677, PMID:11399088), which is among the descendant evidences behind the IBD.
UniProtKB:P26358 Β· human DNMT1 (DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1) SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The 1:1 human ortholog and the other IBD seed; its DNA binding is not in doubt. The informative claim about how Dnmt1 engages DNA - maintenance methylation of hemimethylated CpG - is carried by GO:0003886 and GO:0141119 elsewhere in this review, which is why the bare parent adds nothing here.
GO:0003677 DNA binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
GO:0003682 chromatin binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
ACCEPT
Summary: Chromatin association
Reason: Essential for DNMT1 function
GO:0003824 catalytic activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000043
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: catalytic activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0003886 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
GO:0005634 nucleus
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
GO:0005694 chromosome
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: Chromatin association
Reason: Essential for DNMT1 function
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: cytoplasm
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0006325 chromatin organization
IEA
GO_REF:0000043
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: chromatin organization
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0006346 DNA methylation-dependent constitutive heterochromatin formation
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DNA methylation-dependent constitutive h...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0006351 DNA-templated transcription
IEA
GO_REF:0000043
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DNA-templated transcription
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0008168 methyltransferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
GO:0016740 transferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000043
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
GO:0032259 methylation
IEA
GO_REF:0000043
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: methylation
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0046872 metal ion binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000043
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
GO:1903925 response to bisphenol A
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: response to bisphenol A
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:10615135
DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 associates with histone deacetyl...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10615135
DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 associates with histone deacetylase activity.
GO:0000792 heterochromatin
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: heterochromatin
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
GO:0009008 DNA-methyltransferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DNA-methyltransferase activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0010628 positive regulation of gene expression
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: positive regulation of gene expression
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0010629 negative regulation of gene expression
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of gene expression
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0044027 negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Transcriptional silencing via CpG-island methylation is a downstream consequence of Dnmt1 maintenance methyltransferase activity, not an independent core function.
Reason: Falcon characterizes Dnmt1's primary role as mechanistically narrow (SAM-dependent C5 methyl transfer at hemimethylated CpG); gene silencing via CpG-island methylation is a downstream effect of maintaining the methylation mark rather than a separate core molecular activity.
Supporting Evidence:
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
DNMT1 has an intrinsic **preference for hemimethylated CpG DNA** versus unmethylated CpG DNA, consistent with a maintenance role rather than de novo methylation
GO:0140254 histone H3K18ub reader activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone H3K18ub reader activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0140257 histone H3K23ub reader activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone H3K23ub reader activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0140258 histone H3K14ub reader activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone H3K14ub reader activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0141119 chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:1904707 positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell proliferation
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: positive regulation of vascular associat...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:1905460 negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell apoptotic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of vascular associat...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:1905931 obsolete negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation involved in phenotypic switching
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of vascular associat...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:1990841 promoter-specific chromatin binding
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: promoter-specific chromatin binding
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0000792 heterochromatin
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
ACCEPT
Summary: heterochromatin
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0003677 DNA binding
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
GO:0003886 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
GO:0009008 DNA-methyltransferase activity
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DNA-methyltransferase activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0010628 positive regulation of gene expression
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: positive regulation of gene expression
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0010629 negative regulation of gene expression
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of gene expression
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0032991 protein-containing complex
ISO
GO_REF:0000096
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: protein-containing complex
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0044027 negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Transcriptional silencing via CpG-island methylation is a downstream consequence of Dnmt1 maintenance methyltransferase activity, not an independent core function.
Reason: Falcon characterizes Dnmt1's primary role as mechanistically narrow (SAM-dependent C5 methyl transfer at hemimethylated CpG); gene silencing via CpG-island methylation is a downstream effect of maintaining the methylation mark rather than a separate core molecular activity.
Supporting Evidence:
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
DNMT1 has an intrinsic **preference for hemimethylated CpG DNA** versus unmethylated CpG DNA, consistent with a maintenance role rather than de novo methylation
GO:0140254 histone H3K18ub reader activity
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone H3K18ub reader activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0140257 histone H3K23ub reader activity
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone H3K23ub reader activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0140258 histone H3K14ub reader activity
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone H3K14ub reader activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0141119 chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
ACCEPT
Summary: chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:1904707 positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell proliferation
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: positive regulation of vascular associat...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:1905460 negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell apoptotic process
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of vascular associat...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:1905931 obsolete negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation involved in phenotypic switching
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of vascular associat...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:1990841 promoter-specific chromatin binding
ISO
GO_REF:0000119
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: promoter-specific chromatin binding
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0003886 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
ISO
GO_REF:0000096
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
GO:0005634 nucleus
ISO
GO_REF:0000096
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
GO:0009410 response to xenobiotic stimulus
ISO
GO_REF:0000096
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: response to xenobiotic stimulus
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0019904 protein domain specific binding
ISO
GO_REF:0000096
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: protein domain specific binding
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0030331 nuclear estrogen receptor binding
ISO
GO_REF:0000096
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: nuclear estrogen receptor binding
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0034241 positive regulation of macrophage fusion
ISO
GO_REF:0000096
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: positive regulation of macrophage fusion
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0042826 histone deacetylase binding
ISO
GO_REF:0000096
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone deacetylase binding
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0044027 negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation
ISO
GO_REF:0000096
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Transcriptional silencing via CpG-island methylation is a downstream consequence of Dnmt1 maintenance methyltransferase activity, not an independent core function.
Reason: Falcon characterizes Dnmt1's primary role as mechanistically narrow (SAM-dependent C5 methyl transfer at hemimethylated CpG); gene silencing via CpG-island methylation is a downstream effect of maintaining the methylation mark rather than a separate core molecular activity.
Supporting Evidence:
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
DNMT1 has an intrinsic **preference for hemimethylated CpG DNA** versus unmethylated CpG DNA, consistent with a maintenance role rather than de novo methylation
GO:0071560 cellular response to transforming growth factor beta stimulus
ISO
GO_REF:0000096
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: cellular response to transforming growth...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0010467 gene expression
IMP
PMID:21874018
lincRNAs act in the circuitry controlling pluripotency and d...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: gene expression
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21874018
lincRNAs act in the circuitry controlling pluripotency and differentiation.
GO:0000792 heterochromatin
IDA
PMID:21518897
Structural insight into maintenance methylation by mouse DNA...
ACCEPT
Summary: heterochromatin
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21518897
Structural insight into maintenance methylation by mouse DNA methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1).
GO:0000792 heterochromatin
IDA
PMID:22323818
Structure-based mechanistic insights into DNMT1-mediated mai...
ACCEPT
Summary: heterochromatin
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22323818
Structure-based mechanistic insights into DNMT1-mediated maintenance DNA methylation.
GO:0000792 heterochromatin
IDA
PMID:29053958
Structure of the Dnmt1 Reader Module Complexed with a Unique...
ACCEPT
Summary: heterochromatin
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29053958
Structure of the Dnmt1 Reader Module Complexed with a Unique Two-Mono-Ubiquitin Mark on Histone H3 Reveals the Basis for DNA Methylation Maintenance.
GO:0003886 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
IDA
PMID:21518897
Structural insight into maintenance methylation by mouse DNA...
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21518897
Structural insight into maintenance methylation by mouse DNA methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1).
GO:0003886 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
IDA
PMID:22323818
Structure-based mechanistic insights into DNMT1-mediated mai...
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22323818
Structure-based mechanistic insights into DNMT1-mediated maintenance DNA methylation.
GO:0140254 histone H3K18ub reader activity
IDA
PMID:26065575
DNA methylation requires a DNMT1 ubiquitin interacting motif...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone H3K18ub reader activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function. Reading ubiquitylated H3 via the RFTS module is a recruitment/activation step supporting the core maintenance methyltransferase activity rather than an independent core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26065575
DNA methylation requires a DNMT1 ubiquitin interacting motif (UIM) and histone ubiquitination.
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
mono-ubiquitin** marks on **histone H3 (notably H3K18 and H3K23)** and on **PAF15** (a PCNA-associated factor)
GO:0140254 histone H3K18ub reader activity
IDA
PMID:29053958
Structure of the Dnmt1 Reader Module Complexed with a Unique...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone H3K18ub reader activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29053958
Structure of the Dnmt1 Reader Module Complexed with a Unique Two-Mono-Ubiquitin Mark on Histone H3 Reveals the Basis for DNA Methylation Maintenance.
GO:0140257 histone H3K23ub reader activity
IDA
PMID:29053958
Structure of the Dnmt1 Reader Module Complexed with a Unique...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone H3K23ub reader activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29053958
Structure of the Dnmt1 Reader Module Complexed with a Unique Two-Mono-Ubiquitin Mark on Histone H3 Reveals the Basis for DNA Methylation Maintenance.
GO:0140258 histone H3K14ub reader activity
IDA
PMID:29053958
Structure of the Dnmt1 Reader Module Complexed with a Unique...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: histone H3K14ub reader activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29053958
Structure of the Dnmt1 Reader Module Complexed with a Unique Two-Mono-Ubiquitin Mark on Histone H3 Reveals the Basis for DNA Methylation Maintenance.
GO:0141119 chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication
IDA
PMID:21518897
Structural insight into maintenance methylation by mouse DNA...
ACCEPT
Summary: chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance ...
Reason: This is the core biological process in which Dnmt1's maintenance methyltransferase activity is deployed - copying CpG methylation onto the nascent strand after replication.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21518897
Structural insight into maintenance methylation by mouse DNA methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1).
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
DNMT1 has an intrinsic **preference for hemimethylated CpG DNA** versus unmethylated CpG DNA, consistent with a maintenance role rather than de novo methylation
GO:0141119 chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication
IDA
PMID:22323818
Structure-based mechanistic insights into DNMT1-mediated mai...
ACCEPT
Summary: chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22323818
Structure-based mechanistic insights into DNMT1-mediated maintenance DNA methylation.
GO:0003886 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
IMP
PMID:17893328
Major and essential role for the DNA methylation mark in mou...
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17893328
Sep 24. Major and essential role for the DNA methylation mark in mouse embryogenesis and stable association of DNMT1 with newly replicated regions.
GO:0003886 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
IMP
PMID:8898232
De novo DNA cytosine methyltransferase activities in mouse e...
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8898232
De novo DNA cytosine methyltransferase activities in mouse embryonic stem cells.
GO:0005634 nucleus
IMP
PMID:17893328
Major and essential role for the DNA methylation mark in mou...
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17893328
Sep 24. Major and essential role for the DNA methylation mark in mouse embryogenesis and stable association of DNMT1 with newly replicated regions.
GO:0141119 chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication
IMP
PMID:17893328
Major and essential role for the DNA methylation mark in mou...
ACCEPT
Summary: chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17893328
Sep 24. Major and essential role for the DNA methylation mark in mouse embryogenesis and stable association of DNMT1 with newly replicated regions.
GO:0106222 lncRNA binding
IDA
PMID:25686699
LncRNA Dum interacts with Dnmts to regulate Dppa2 expression...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: lncRNA binding
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25686699
LncRNA Dum interacts with Dnmts to regulate Dppa2 expression during myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration.
GO:0006346 DNA methylation-dependent constitutive heterochromatin formation
IDA
PMID:10615135
DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 associates with histone deacetyl...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DNA methylation-dependent constitutive h...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10615135
DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 associates with histone deacetylase activity.
GO:0008168 methyltransferase activity
IDA
PMID:10615135
DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 associates with histone deacetyl...
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10615135
DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 associates with histone deacetylase activity.
GO:0141119 chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication
IMP
PMID:27892467
Jarid2 binds mono-ubiquitylated H2A lysine 119 to mediate cr...
ACCEPT
Summary: chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:27892467
Jarid2 binds mono-ubiquitylated H2A lysine 119 to mediate crosstalk between Polycomb complexes PRC1 and PRC2.
GO:0043045 epigenetic programming of gene expression
IGI
PMID:27841881
Transient transcription in the early embryo sets an epigenet...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: epigenetic programming of gene expressio...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:27841881
Transient transcription in the early embryo sets an epigenetic state that programs postnatal growth.
GO:0141119 chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication
IGI
PMID:27841881
Transient transcription in the early embryo sets an epigenet...
ACCEPT
Summary: chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:27841881
Transient transcription in the early embryo sets an epigenetic state that programs postnatal growth.
GO:1903926 cellular response to bisphenol A
IDA
PMID:21980460
Gestational exposure to low dose bisphenol A alters social b...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: cellular response to bisphenol A
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21980460
Gestational exposure to low dose bisphenol A alters social behavior in juvenile mice.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17931718
DNMT1 interacts with the developmental transcriptional repre...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17931718
DNMT1 interacts with the developmental transcriptional repressor HESX1.
GO:0000122 negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
IDA
PMID:10888872
DNMT1 binds HDAC2 and a new co-repressor, DMAP1, to form a c...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of transcription by ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10888872
DNMT1 binds HDAC2 and a new co-repressor, DMAP1, to form a complex at replication foci.
GO:0009008 DNA-methyltransferase activity
TAS
Reactome:R-MMU-573383
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DNA-methyltransferase activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0051718 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity, acting on CpG substrates
TAS
Reactome:R-MMU-5336369
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase acti...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0043045 epigenetic programming of gene expression
IMP
PMID:29117290
The DNA Methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) Controls the Shape and D...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: epigenetic programming of gene expressio...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29117290
The DNA Methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) Controls the Shape and Dynamics of Migrating POA-Derived Interneurons Fated for the Murine Cerebral Cortex.
GO:0009008 DNA-methyltransferase activity
IMP
PMID:1606615
Targeted mutation of the DNA methyltransferase gene results ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: DNA-methyltransferase activity
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:1606615
Targeted mutation of the DNA methyltransferase gene results in embryonic lethality.
GO:0043045 epigenetic programming of gene expression
IMP
PMID:1606615
Targeted mutation of the DNA methyltransferase gene results ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: epigenetic programming of gene expressio...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:1606615
Targeted mutation of the DNA methyltransferase gene results in embryonic lethality.
GO:1990841 promoter-specific chromatin binding
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: promoter-specific chromatin binding
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:24335282
Analysis of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex during ...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24335282
Dec 13. Analysis of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex during early heart development and BAF250a repression cardiac gene transcription during P19 cell differentiation.
GO:0000122 negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
IMP
PMID:24105743
Oncogenic RAS directs silencing of tumor suppressor genes th...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of transcription by ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24105743
Oct 8. Oncogenic RAS directs silencing of tumor suppressor genes through ordered recruitment of transcriptional repressors.
GO:0003682 chromatin binding
IDA
PMID:24105743
Oncogenic RAS directs silencing of tumor suppressor genes th...
ACCEPT
Summary: Chromatin association
Reason: Essential for DNMT1 function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24105743
Oct 8. Oncogenic RAS directs silencing of tumor suppressor genes through ordered recruitment of transcriptional repressors.
GO:0141119 chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication
IMP
PMID:24105743
Oncogenic RAS directs silencing of tumor suppressor genes th...
ACCEPT
Summary: chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24105743
Oct 8. Oncogenic RAS directs silencing of tumor suppressor genes through ordered recruitment of transcriptional repressors.
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:16424344
Methylation of tRNAAsp by the DNA methyltransferase homolog ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16424344
Methylation of tRNAAsp by the DNA methyltransferase homolog Dnmt2.
GO:0000122 negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
IMP
PMID:16887828
DNA methylation is a primary mechanism for silencing postmig...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of transcription by ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16887828
DNA methylation is a primary mechanism for silencing postmigratory primordial germ cell genes in both germ cell and somatic cell lineages.
GO:0141119 chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication
IMP
PMID:16887828
DNA methylation is a primary mechanism for silencing postmig...
ACCEPT
Summary: chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16887828
DNA methylation is a primary mechanism for silencing postmigratory primordial germ cell genes in both germ cell and somatic cell lineages.
GO:0010468 regulation of gene expression
IMP
PMID:23028046
Cellular adaptation to anthrax lethal toxin-induced mitochon...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: regulation of gene expression
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23028046
Oct 1. Cellular adaptation to anthrax lethal toxin-induced mitochondrial cholesterol enrichment, hyperpolarization, and reactive oxygen species generation through downregulating MLN64 in macrophages.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17994007
The SRA protein Np95 mediates epigenetic inheritance by recr...
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Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17994007
The SRA protein Np95 mediates epigenetic inheritance by recruiting Dnmt1 to methylated DNA.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21268065
Usp7 and Uhrf1 control ubiquitination and stability of the m...
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Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21268065
Usp7 and Uhrf1 control ubiquitination and stability of the maintenance DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1.
GO:0003723 RNA binding
IDA
PMID:20573698
Kcnq1ot1 noncoding RNA mediates transcriptional gene silenci...
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Summary: RNA binding
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20573698
Kcnq1ot1 noncoding RNA mediates transcriptional gene silencing by interacting with Dnmt1.
GO:0008327 methyl-CpG binding
IDA
PMID:20573698
Kcnq1ot1 noncoding RNA mediates transcriptional gene silenci...
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Summary: methyl-CpG binding
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20573698
Kcnq1ot1 noncoding RNA mediates transcriptional gene silencing by interacting with Dnmt1.
GO:0071230 cellular response to amino acid stimulus
IDA
PMID:20548288
Difference in expression of hepatic microRNAs miR-29c, miR-3...
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Summary: cellular response to amino acid stimulus
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20548288
2010 Jun 14. Difference in expression of hepatic microRNAs miR-29c, miR-34a, miR-155, and miR-200b is associated with strain-specific susceptibility to dietary nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice.
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-MMU-5336365
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-MMU-5336369
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-MMU-573336
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-MMU-573376
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
TAS
Reactome:R-MMU-573383
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:16085498
The PHD finger/bromodomain of NoRC interacts with acetylated...
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Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16085498
The PHD finger/bromodomain of NoRC interacts with acetylated histone H4K16 and is sufficient for rDNA silencing.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:15550930
Replication-independent chromatin loading of Dnmt1 during G2...
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Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15550930
Replication-independent chromatin loading of Dnmt1 during G2 and M phases.
GO:0005721 pericentric heterochromatin
IDA
PMID:17576694
Dynamics of Dnmt1 interaction with the replication machinery...
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Summary: pericentric heterochromatin
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17576694
Dynamics of Dnmt1 interaction with the replication machinery and its role in postreplicative maintenance of DNA methylation.
GO:0044027 negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation
IMP
PMID:17576694
Dynamics of Dnmt1 interaction with the replication machinery...
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Summary: Transcriptional silencing via CpG-island methylation is a downstream consequence of Dnmt1 maintenance methyltransferase activity, not an independent core function.
Reason: Falcon characterizes Dnmt1's primary role as mechanistically narrow (SAM-dependent C5 methyl transfer at hemimethylated CpG); gene silencing via CpG-island methylation is a downstream effect of maintaining the methylation mark rather than a separate core molecular activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17576694
Dynamics of Dnmt1 interaction with the replication machinery and its role in postreplicative maintenance of DNA methylation.
GO:0042127 regulation of cell population proliferation
IGI
PMID:10919675
Dnmt1N/+ reduces the net growth rate and multiplicity of int...
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Summary: regulation of cell population proliferat...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10919675
Dnmt1N/+ reduces the net growth rate and multiplicity of intestinal adenomas in C57BL/6-multiple intestinal neoplasia (Min)/+ mice independently of p53 but demonstrates strong synergy with the modifier of Min 1(AKR) resistance allele.
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:17931718
DNMT1 interacts with the developmental transcriptional repre...
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17931718
DNMT1 interacts with the developmental transcriptional repressor HESX1.
GO:0010468 regulation of gene expression
IMP
PMID:16491076
Negative regulation of CD8 expression via Cd8 enhancer-media...
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Summary: regulation of gene expression
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16491076
Negative regulation of CD8 expression via Cd8 enhancer-mediated recruitment of the zinc finger protein MAZR.
GO:0045892 negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IMP
PMID:17245608
A developmental window of opportunity for imprinted gene sil...
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Summary: negative regulation of DNA-templated tra...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17245608
Jan 23. A developmental window of opportunity for imprinted gene silencing mediated by DNA methylation and the Kcnq1ot1 noncoding RNA.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:10888872
DNMT1 binds HDAC2 and a new co-repressor, DMAP1, to form a c...
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Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10888872
DNMT1 binds HDAC2 and a new co-repressor, DMAP1, to form a complex at replication foci.
GO:0005657 replication fork
IDA
PMID:10888872
DNMT1 binds HDAC2 and a new co-repressor, DMAP1, to form a c...
ACCEPT
Summary: replication fork
Reason: Dnmt1 localizes to replication foci/forks during S phase, the site where it performs replication-coupled maintenance methylation. Core to its mechanism.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10888872
DNMT1 binds HDAC2 and a new co-repressor, DMAP1, to form a complex at replication foci.
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
DNMT1 is predominantly **nuclear** and **colocalizes with replication foci during S phase**, consistent with replication-coupled maintenance methylation
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:15063176
Windows for sex-specific methylation marked by DNA methyltra...
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15063176
Windows for sex-specific methylation marked by DNA methyltransferase expression profiles in mouse germ cells.
GO:0000792 heterochromatin
IDA
PMID:14519686
Analysis of mammalian proteins involved in chromatin modific...
ACCEPT
Summary: heterochromatin
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14519686
Sep 30. Analysis of mammalian proteins involved in chromatin modification reveals new metaphase centromeric proteins and distinct chromosomal distribution patterns.
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:11942627
Expression of DNA methyltransferase (Dnmt1) in testicular ge...
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization
Reason: Essential site of DNMT1 activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11942627
Expression of DNA methyltransferase (Dnmt1) in testicular germ cells during development of mouse embryo.
GO:0003677 DNA binding
IDA
PMID:11399088
The activity of the murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 is co...
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Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general. Dnmt1 DNA binding is better captured by its specific preference for hemimethylated CpG (maintenance) and CXXC-mediated unmethylated-CpG binding that contributes to autoinhibition, rather than generic DNA binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11399088
The activity of the murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 is controlled by interaction of the catalytic domain with the N-terminal part of the enzyme leading to an allosteric activation of the enzyme after binding to methylated DNA.
file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
CXXC-linked autoinhibitory mechanism further helps prevent inappropriate methylation of unmethylated CpGs
GO:0003886 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
IDA
PMID:11399088
The activity of the murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 is co...
ACCEPT
Summary: Core methyltransferase function
Reason: Essential DNMT1 enzymatic activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11399088
The activity of the murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 is controlled by interaction of the catalytic domain with the N-terminal part of the enzyme leading to an allosteric activation of the enzyme after binding to methylated DNA.
GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
IDA
PMID:11399088
The activity of the murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 is co...
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Summary: Non-specific term
Reason: Term is too general
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11399088
The activity of the murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 is controlled by interaction of the catalytic domain with the N-terminal part of the enzyme leading to an allosteric activation of the enzyme after binding to methylated DNA.
GO:0141119 chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication
IDA
PMID:11399088
The activity of the murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 is co...
ACCEPT
Summary: chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance ...
Reason: Secondary or downstream function
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11399088
The activity of the murine DNA methyltransferase Dnmt1 is controlled by interaction of the catalytic domain with the N-terminal part of the enzyme leading to an allosteric activation of the enzyme after binding to methylated DNA.

Core Functions

Catalyzes maintenance methylation of CpG dinucleotides in DNA, recognizing hemimethylated DNA at replication forks to preserve methylation patterns during DNA replication

Supporting Evidence:
  • file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
    DNMT1 has an intrinsic **preference for hemimethylated CpG DNA** versus unmethylated CpG DNA, consistent with a maintenance role rather than de novo methylation

Binds to chromatin through interactions with histone modifications, particularly ubiquitinated H3, to target DNA methylation to appropriate genomic regions

Supporting Evidence:
  • file:mouse/Dnmt1/Dnmt1-deep-research-falcon.md
    UHRF1** recognizes hemimethylated CpGs and ubiquitylates **histone H3 (K18/K23)** and **PAF15**, whose ubiquitin marks bind the **DNMT1 RFTS** domain and relieve autoinhibition

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