Description
Product Characteristics: The SET domain is a highly conserved, approximately 150-amino acid motif implicated in the modulation of chromatin structure. It was originally identified as part of a larger conserved region present in the Drosophila trithorax protein and was subsequently identified in the Drosophila Su(var)3-9 and 'Enhancer of zeste' proteins, from which the acronym SET is derived. Studies have suggested that the SET domain may be a signature of proteins that modulate transcriptionally active or repressed chromatin states through chromatin remodeling activities. ESET functions as a histone methyltransferase by methylation of Lys-9 of histone H3. H3 Lys-9 methylation represents a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional repression by recruiting HP1 proteins to methylated histones. ESET shows a nuclear localization and is associated with non-pericentromeric regions of chromatin, and is excluded from nucleoli and islands of condensed chromatin. Although ESET is a widely expressed protein, it is highly expressed in the testis.
Synonyms: Histone lysine N methyltransferase antibody, Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETDB1 antibody, KG1T antibody, KIAA00067 antibody, KIAA0067 antibody, KMT1E antibody, Lysine N-methyltransferase 1E antibody
Target Information: This gene encodes a histone methyltransferase which regulates histone methylation, gene silencing, and transcriptional repression. This gene has been identified as a target for treatment in Huntington Disease, given that gene silencing and transcription dysfunction likely play a role in the disease pathogenesis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described.[provided by RefSeq, Jun 2011]