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Facts about Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2C.
H3 'Lys-4' methylation represents a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional activation. Central component of the MLL2/3 complex, a coactivator complex of nuclear receptors, involved in transcriptional coactivation.
| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | KMT2C |
| Uniprot: | Q8NEZ4 |
| Entrez: | 58508 |

| Belongs to: |
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| class V-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily |

ALR-like protein; DKFZp686C08112; EC 2.1.1.43; FLJ12625; HALRMGC119851; histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL3; histone-lysine N-methyltransferase, H3 lysine-4 specific; Homologous to ALR protein; KIAA1506FLJ38309; KMT2C; KMT2CMGC119852; Lysine N-methyltransferase 2C; MGC119853; myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia 3; Myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia protein 3
Mass (kDA):
541.37 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 7q36.1 |
| Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (152134925..152436642, complement) |
Highly expressed in testis and ovary, followed by brain and liver. Also expressed in placenta, peripherical blood, fetal thymus, heart, lung and kidney. Within brain, expression was highest in hippocampus, caudate nucleus, and substantia nigra. Not detected in skeletal muscle and fetal liver.
Nucleus.





PMID: 11891048 by Ruault M., et al. MLL3, a new human member of the TRX/MLL gene family, maps to 7q36, a chromosome region frequently deleted in myeloid leukaemia.
PMID: 11718452 by Tan Y.C., et al. Novel human HALR (MLL3) gene encodes a protein homologous to ALR and to ALL-1 involved in leukemia, and maps to chromosome 7q36 associated with leukemia and developmental defects.