E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase. Participates in CpG methylation-dependent transcriptional regulation and epigenetic transcriptional silencing. Mediates ubiquitination with the E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBC11. S-ubiquitinyl-[E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme]-L-cysteine + [acceptor protein]-L-lysine = [E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme]-L-cysteine + N(6)-ubiquitinyl-[acceptor protein]-L-lysine. Protein modification; protein ubiquitination. Broadly distributed in the nucleus and enriched in the heterochromatic chromocenters. Expressed in inflorescences. The RING fingers are required for ubiquitin ligase activity. The YDG domain mediates the interaction with histone H3. Decreased DNA methylation primarily at CpG sites in genic regions, as well as repeated sequences in heterochromatic regions. Released transcriptional silencing at heterochromatin regions. Ectopic CpHpH methylation in the 5S rRNA genes against a background of CpG hypomethylation. Sequencing or cloning errors.