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Designing a Western blot for SETDB2? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the SETDB2 Western Blot GuideFacts about Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETDB2.
H3K9me3 is a particular tag for epigenetic transcriptional repression that recruits HP1 (CBX1, CBX3 and/or CBX5) proteins to methylated histones. Contributes to H3K9me3 in both the interspersed repetitive elements and centromere-associated repeats.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SETDB2 |
| Uniprot: | Q96T68 |
| Entrez: | 83852 |

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

C13orf4; chromosome 13 open reading frame 4; chronic lymphocytic leukemia deletion region 8; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia deletion region gene 8 protein; CLLD8DKFZp761J1217; DKFZp586I0123; EC 2.1.1.43; histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETDB2; KMT1FCLLL8; Lysine N-methyltransferase 1F; SET domain bifurcated 2; SET domain, bifurcated 2
Mass (kDA):
81.894 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 13q14.2 |
| Sequence: | 13; NC_000013.11 (49444274..49495003) |
Ubiquitous. Highest expression in heart, testis and ovary.
Nucleus. Chromosome.





PMID: 11306461 by Mabuchi H., et al. Cloning and characterization of CLLD6, CLLD7, and CLLD8, novel candidate genes for leukemogenesis at chromosome 13q14, a region commonly deleted in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
PMID: 20404330 by Falandry C., et al. CLLD8/KMT1F is a lysine methyltransferase that is important for chromosome segregation.