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Facts about Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETDB1.
H3 'Lys-9' trimethylation is coordinated with DNA methylation. Probably forms a complex with MBD1 and ATF7IP that represses transcription and couples DNA methylation and histone'Lys-9' trimethylation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SETDB1 |
| Uniprot: | Q15047 |
| Entrez: | 9869 |

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

ERG-associated protein with SET domain; ESETEC 2.1.1.43; H3-K9-HMTase 4; Histone H3-K9 methyltransferase 4; histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETDB1; histone-lysine N-methyltransferase, H3lysine-9 specific 4; KG1T; KIAA0067H3-K9-HMTase4; KMT1EERG-associated protein with a SET domain, ESET; Lysine N-methyltransferase 1E; SET domain bifurcated 1; SET domain, bifurcated 1
Mass (kDA):
143.157 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q21.3 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (150926263..150964737) |
Widely expressed. High expression in testis.
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Chromosome. Associated with non-pericentromeric regions of chromatin. Excluded from nucleoli and islands of condensed chromatin.






PMID: 11959841 by Schultz D.C., et al. SETDB1: a novel KAP-1-associated histone H3, lysine 9-specific methyltransferase that contributes to HP1-mediated silencing of euchromatic genes by KRAB zinc-finger proteins.
PMID: 12869583 by Ayyanathan K., et al. Regulated recruitment of HP1 to a euchromatic gene induces mitotically heritable, epigenetic gene silencing: a mammalian cell culture model of gene variegation.