Biology:CDYL2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Chromodomain protein, Y-like 2 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the CDYL2 gene. It localizes to the nucleus, where it acts as a chromatin reader recognizing trimethylation of Histone H3 lysine 9 and repressing transcription. [1]

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  • PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Chromodomain Y-like protein 2 (CDYL2)