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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 289, Issue 9, Pages 5986-5996Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.524140
Keywords
DNA Methylation; Glucose Metabolism; Histone Modification; O-GlcNAcylation; Protein Export; TET3
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2010CB944903, 2009CB918402, 2009CB825601]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [90919025, 30871381]
- Science Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [11DZ2260300]
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Background: TET proteins have been shown to target OGT to chromatin, but whether OGT regulates the TET proteins is not clear. Results: OGT regulates the subcellular localization and enzymatic activity of TET3 but not TET1 and TET2. Conclusion: The TET family of proteins is differentially regulated by OGT. Significance: We reveal a potential mechanism by which glucose metabolism regulates TET3 activity. The ten-eleven translocation (TET) family of dioxygenases (TET1/2/3) converts 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and provides a vital mechanism for DNA demethylation. However, how TET proteins are regulated is largely unknown. Here we report that the O-linked -GlcNAc (O-GlcNAc) transferase (OGT) is not only a major TET3-interacting protein but also regulates TET3 subcellular localization and enzymatic activity. OGT catalyzes the O-GlcNAcylation of TET3, promotes TET3 nuclear export, and, consequently, inhibits the formation of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine catalyzed by TET3. Although TET1 and TET2 also interact with and can be O-GlcNAcylated by OGT, neither their subcellular localization nor their enzymatic activity are affected by OGT. Furthermore, we show that the nuclear localization and O-GlcNAcylation of TET3 are regulated by glucose metabolism. Our study reveals the differential regulation of TET family proteins by OGT and a novel link between glucose metabolism and DNA epigenetic modification.
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