Biology:KMT2C

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


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Lysine N-methyltransferase 2C (KMT2C) also known as myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia protein 3 (MLL3) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the KMT2C gene.[1][2]

Function

This gene is a member of the myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) family and encodes a nuclear protein with an AT-hook DNA-binding domain, a DHHC-type zinc finger, six PHD-type zinc fingers, a SET domain, a post-SET domain and a RING-type zinc finger. This protein is a member of the ASC-2/NCOA6 complex (ASCOM), which possesses histone methylation activity and is involved in transcriptional coactivation. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized.[2]

Interactions

MLL3 has been shown to interact with NCOA6[3] and RBBP5.[3]

Clinical significance

Mutations of the KMT2C gene cause Kleefstra syndrome-2, a neurodevelopmental disorder first described in 2012.[4]

References

  1. "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XVII. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro". DNA Research 7 (2): 143–50. Apr 2000. doi:10.1093/dnares/7.2.143. PMID 10819331. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: MLL3 myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia 3". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=58508. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Activating signal cointegrator 2 belongs to a novel steady-state complex that contains a subset of trithorax group proteins". Molecular and Cellular Biology 23 (1): 140–9. Jan 2003. doi:10.1128/MCB.23.1.140-149.2003. PMID 12482968. 
  4. "Disruption of an EHMT1-associated chromatin-modification module causes intellectual disability". American Journal of Human Genetics 91 (1): 73–82. July 2012. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.05.003. PMID 22726846. 

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