The authors show that TET2 is recruited to chromatin by the RNA-binding protein PSPC1. PSPC1 and TET2 contribute to ERV and ERV-associated gene regulation by both transcriptional repression via histone deacetylases and post-transcriptional destabilization of ERV RNAs through 5hmC modification.
- Diana Guallar
- Xianju Bi
- Jianlong Wang