DNMT1 Transcription Factor
DNA methyltransferase 1 | CXXC9, MCMT, DNMT

This gene encodes an enzyme that transfers methyl groups to cytosine nucleotides of genomic DNA. This protein is the major enzyme responsible for maintaining methylation patterns following DNA replication and shows a preference for hemi-methylated DNA. Methylation of DNA is an important component of mammalian epigenetic gene regulation. Aberrant methylation patterns are found in human tumors and associated with developmental abnormalities. Variation in this gene has been associated with cerebellar ataxia, deafness, and narcolepsy, and neuropathy, hereditary sensory, type IE. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]

Member of: DE-6
Biological processes 50 terms
DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity (GO:0003886)DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity (GO:0003886)DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity (GO:0003886)DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity (GO:0003886)DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA methylation-dependent constitutive heterochromatin formation (GO:0006346)DNA-methyltransferase activity (GO:0009008)DNA-methyltransferase activity (GO:0009008)RNA binding (GO:0003723)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication (GO:0141119)chromosomal DNA methylation maintenance following DNA replication (GO:0141119)chromosome (GO:0005694)heterochromatin (GO:0000792)heterochromatin (GO:0000792)histone H3K14ub reader activity (GO:0140258)histone H3K14ub reader activity (GO:0140258)histone H3K18ub reader activity (GO:0140254)histone H3K18ub reader activity (GO:0140254)histone H3K23ub reader activity (GO:0140257)histone H3K23ub reader activity (GO:0140257)lncRNA binding (GO:0106222)methyl-CpG binding (GO:0008327)methyltransferase activity (GO:0008168)mitochondrion (GO:0005739)negative regulation of gene expression (GO:0010629)negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation (GO:0044027)negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation (GO:0044027)negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation (GO:0044027)negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation (GO:0044027)negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation (GO:0044027)negative regulation of phenotypic switching (GO:1900240)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell apoptotic process (GO:1905460)negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:1905064)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)pericentric heterochromatin (GO:0005721)positive regulation of gene expression (GO:0010628)positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell proliferation (GO:1904707)promoter-specific chromatin binding (GO:1990841)protein binding (GO:0005515)replication fork (GO:0005657)zinc ion binding (GO:0008270)
Expression (TPM)
DNMT1 — as a Regulator

Modules regulated by DNMT1

Modules significantly affected by knockdown. ↑ Up = module upregulated upon KD; ↓ Down = module downregulated upon KD.

Evidence: Direction:
Perturbation + Binding
Perturbation only
Binding only
Cluster Dir NES padj Bind OR padj (bind)
Evidence: Direction:
Perturbation + Binding
Perturbation only
Binding only
Module Dir NES #gRNA padj Bind OR padj (bind)
Evidence: Direction: Max shown:
Perturbation + Binding
Perturbation only
Binding only
Submodule Module Dir NES #gRNA Bind OR padj (bind)

Genes regulated by DNMT1

Genes likely regulated by DNMT1 through linked binding evidence in open chromatin. The chart ranks TF-linked genes by their mean Perturb-seq response to DNMT1 knockdown, with negative coefficients indicating downregulation and positive coefficients indicating upregulation upon knockdown.

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Regulatory Elements bound by the TF

Open chromatin elements (ATAC-seq) where DNMT1 has ChIP-seq or motif footprint binding evidence and which are linked to at least one target gene region.

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DNMT1 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating DNMT1 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for DNMT1. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = DNMT1 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to DNMT1

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of DNMT1, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr19:9,913,549–9,914,444 281.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 322
chr19:9,914,501–9,914,999 280.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 587
chr19:9,933,993–9,934,841 260.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 425
chr19:9,935,627–9,937,234 258.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 297
chr19:10,027,570–10,028,022 167.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 753
chr19:10,086,000–10,086,942 108.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 614
chr19:10,095,848–10,096,951 98.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 572
chr19:10,106,123–10,106,748 88.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 842
chr19:10,113,011–10,113,478 81.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 511
chr19:10,119,464–10,120,287 75.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 818
chr19:10,194,229–10,195,372 9 bp At TSS Multiome 939
chr19:10,230,671–10,231,665 36.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 595
chr19:10,251,723–10,252,663 57.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 969
chr19:10,269,513–10,270,051 74.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 523
chr19:10,270,913–10,271,370 76.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 753
chr19:10,286,849–10,287,511 92.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 621
chr19:10,288,709–10,290,833 93.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 688
chr19:10,292,085–10,293,198 97.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 441
chr19:10,315,359–10,316,478 121.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 830
chr19:10,332,816–10,334,107 138.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 882
chr19:10,334,573–10,335,642 140.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 584
chr19:10,352,359–10,354,435 157.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 447
chr19:10,380,209–10,381,218 185.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 874
chr19:10,403,282–10,404,914 208.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 794
chr19:10,416,245–10,417,312 221.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 988
chr19:10,417,499–10,421,409 225.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 801
chr19:10,424,198–10,424,839 229.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 563
chr19:10,431,990–10,432,435 237.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 301
chr19:10,460,915–10,461,960 266.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 340

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the DNMT1 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr19:9,903,549 – 10,471,960
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq