The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 3 beta across different species:

DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 4 (dnmt4), DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 3 beta (DNMT3B), DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 3 beta (LOC100218113), DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 3 beta (Dnmt3b), DNA methyltransferase 3B (dnmt3b)

Other aliases include:

cb633, dnmt3b, MGC152725, DNMT3B, LOC100218113, ICF, M.HsaIIIB

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 3 beta:

DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 4 – DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 3 beta – DNA methyltransferase HsaIIIB – DNA cytosine-5 methyltransferase 3 beta – DNA MTase HsaIIIB – DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3B – DNA methyltransferase 3B – DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3B-like – DNA methyl transferase beta

DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 3 beta fulfills a number of functions:

DNA binding – methyltransferase activity – transferase activity – zinc ion binding – DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity – metal ion binding – protein binding – transcription corepressor activity – DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity, acting on CpG substrates – unmethylated CpG binding

DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 3 beta is relevant to the following processes:

DNA methylation – negative regulation of histone H3-K9 methylation – positive regulation of gene expression – positive regulation of histone H3-K4 methylation – C-5 methylation of cytosine – DNA methylation involved in embryo development – DNA methylation on cytosine within a CG sequence – S-adenosylhomocysteine metabolic process – S-adenosylmethioninamine metabolic process – methylation – methylation-dependent chromatin silencing – negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic – negative regulation of transcription – positive regulation of neuron differentiation – protein complex localization – regulation of gene expression by genetic imprinting – response to drug – response to ionizing radiation

Locations for DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 3 beta:

cytoplasm – nucleolus – nucleus – chromosome, centromeric region – heterochromatin – intracellular membrane-bounded organelle – nuclear heterochromatin

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology