Protein Summary

Dioxygenase that catalyzes the conversion of the modified genomic base 5-methylcytosine (5mC) into 5- hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC). Might initiate a process leading to cytosine demethylation through deamination into 5- hydroxymethyluracil (5hmU) and subsequent replacement by unmethylated cytosine by the base excision repair system. Methylation at the C5 position of cytosine bases is an epigenetic modification of the mammalian genome which plays an important role in transcriptional regulation. Preferentially binds to CpG-rich sequences at promoters of both transcriptionally active and polycomb-repressed genes. By controlling the levels of 5mC and 5hmC at gene promoters, it may regulate the gene expression silencing induced by cytosine methylation. May have a dual function by also repressing the expression of a subset of genes through recruitment of transcriptional repressors to promoters. Involved in the balance between pluripotency and lineage commitment of cells it plays a role in embryonic stem cells maintenance and inner cell mass cell specification.

Alternative names and synonyms associated with TET1

• tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 1 (TET1) antibody
• tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 1 (Tet1) antibody
• solute carrier family 25 member 16 (SLC25A16) antibody

• 2510010B09Rik antibody
• AA517754 antibody
• bA119F7.1 antibody
• BB001228 antibody
• Cxxc6 antibody
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• D10Ertd17e antibody
• LCX antibody
• mKIAA1676 antibody

Protein level used designations for TET1

CXXC finger 6 , CXXC zinc finger 6 , CXXC-type zinc finger protein 6 , leukemia-associated protein with a CXXC domain , methylcytosine dioxygenase TET1 , ten-eleven translocation 1 gene protein , ten-eleven translocation-1 , tet oncogene 1 , ten-eleven translocation 1 gene protein homolog , tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 1