Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: The discovery of 5mC-selective deaminases and their application to ultra-sensitive direct sequencing of methylated sites at base resolution
doi: 10.1101/2024.12.05.627091
Figure Lengend Snippet: A) Preparation of a 2 fold serial dilution series : A sample containing 4% methylation at dcm sites was obtained by mixing dcm+ genomic DNA (100% methylation at dcm sites) with Δdcm genomic DNA (0% methylation) at a 4:96 molar ratio. Serial 1:2 dilutions were performed by mixing an equimolar amount of Δdcm genomic DNA to the previous dilution, starting from the 4% sample. The serial dilutions generated samples containing methylation levels at 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.25%, 0.13%, 0.06% and 0.03% respectively Each dilution level sample was split into two duplicates. The correlation of deamination in 5mC (XP12) on per base resolution between individual samples is displayed as heatmap in the right panel. B ) Percentage of deamination across all 256 NCNNN contexts (where N=A, T, C, or G; log10 scale on y-axis) measured on control genomic DNA samples: XP12 (5mC, left panel), T4gt (5hmC, center-left panel), pUC19 (CpG-context 5mC, center-right panel), and Lambda (canonical C, right panel) for the 10 samples analyzed. Deamination in C pG sites (blue) and C C WGG motifs (orange, where W=A or T) is highlighted to denote CpG methylation in pUC19 and the recognition sites of the Dcm methylase, respectively. C ) Sensitivity curve representing the percentage of deamination across all 256 NCNNN contexts in E. coli DNA mixtures of Δdcm and dcm+ strains. A value of 100% methylation corresponds to DNA from a pure dcm+ strain, while 0% represents DNA from a pure Δdcm strain. Deamination in C C WGG (orange) and CCGGG (red) contexts is highlighted to indicate the Dcm methylase recognition sites and potential “star” activity of the Dcm methylase, respectively.
Article Snippet: Human brain genomic DNA from a single donor was purchased from biochain (catalog number: D1234035, LOT: C607510).
Techniques: Serial Dilution, Methylation, Generated, Control, CpG Methylation Assay, Activity Assay