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ZNF512 and ZNF512B, conserved among vertebrates, recognize non-consecutive TTC sequences in pericentric heterochromatin and recruit histone H3K9 methyltransferase SUV39H1/SUV39H2, leading to the establishment of constitutive heterochromatin. Despite the divergence of pericentric satellite DNA repeats, the non-consecutive TTC motifs remain conserved.