EHMT1

EHMT1
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases EHMT1, EUHMTASE1, Eu-HMTase1, FP13812, GLP, GLP1, KMT1D, bA188C12.1, euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferase 1
External IDs MGI: 1924933 HomoloGene: 11698 GeneCards: EHMT1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

79813

77683

Ensembl

ENSG00000181090

ENSMUSG00000036893

UniProt

Q9H9B1

Q5DW34

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001145527
NM_024757

NM_001012518
NM_001109686
NM_001109687
NM_172545

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001138999.1
NP_079033.4

NP_001012536.2
NP_001103156.1
NP_001103157.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 9: 137.62 – 137.87 Mb Chr 2: 24.79 – 24.92 Mb
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Euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 1, also known as G9a-like protein (GLP), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EHMT1 gene.[3]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a histone methyltransferase that is part of the E2F6 complex, which represses transcription. The encoded protein methylates the Lys-9 position of histone H3, which tags it for transcriptional repression. This protein may be involved in the silencing of MYC- and E2F-responsive genes and therefore could play a role in the G0/G1 cell cycle transition.[3]

Clinical significance

Defects in this gene are a cause of chromosome 9q subtelomeric deletion syndrome (9q-syndrome).[3]

References

Further reading


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