Description
Product Characteristics:
Histone methyltransferase involved in left-right axis specification in early development and mitosis. Specifically trimethylates 'Lys-9' of histone H3 (H3K9me3). H3K9me3 is a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional repression that recruits HP1 (CBX1, CBX3 and/or CBX5) proteins to methylated histones. Contributes to H3K9me3 in both the interspersed repetitive elements and centromere-associated repeats. Plays a role in chromosome condensation and segregation during mitosis.
Subcellular location: Nucleus
Synonyms: Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETDB2, C13orf4, Chromosome 13 open reading frame 4, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia deletion region 8, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia deletion region gene 8, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia deletion region gene 8 protein, Clld8, CLLL8, Gm293, H3-K9-HMTase, Histone H3-K9 methyltransferase, KMT1F, Lysine N-methyltransferase 1F, Probable histone-lysine N-methyltransferase H3 lysine-9 specic, SEB2, SET domain burcated 2, SET domain protein, burcated, 2, SETB2_HUMAN, Setdb2.
Target Information: Proteins that contain a SET domain, such as SETDB2, modulate gene expression epigenetically through histone H3 (see MIM 601128) methylation. SETDB2 is likely a histone H3 methyltransferase, as it contains both the active site and flanking cysteine residues required for catalytic activity (Zhang et al., 2003 [PubMed 12754510]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]