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Proposed pathways to generate 5hmU in mammalian cells. TET proteins can oxidize thymine to 5hmU. TET proteins oxidize 5mC to 5hmC, which may be deaminated to 5hmU by AID/APOBEC1; 5hmU can be removed and repaired via BER in a proposed alternative demethylation pathway.
