Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables 5-methylcytosine dioxygenase activity. Involved in epigenetic programing of male pronucleus. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island demethylation. Located in cytoplasm; female pronucleus; and male pronucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; early conceptus; genitourinary system; immune system; and neural ectoderm. Orthologous to human TET3 (tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 3).
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