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Facts about Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETMAR.
Has also kept a sequence-specific DNA-binding activity recognizing the 19-mer core of the 5'-terminal inverted repeats (TIRs) of the Hsmar1 element and displays a DNA nicking and end joining activity (PubMed:16332963, PubMed:16672366, PubMed:17877369, PubMed:17403897, PubMed:18263876, PubMed:22231448, PubMed:24573677, PubMed:20521842). In parallel, has a histone methyltransferase activity and methylates 'Lys-4' and 'Lys-36' of histone H3.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SETMAR |
| Uniprot: | Q53H47 |
| Entrez: | 6419 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

EC 2.1.1.43; histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETMAR; hsMar1; METNASE; SET domain and mariner transposase fusion gene; SET domain and mariner transposase fusion gene-containing protein
Mass (kDA):
78.034 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 3p26.1 |
| Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (4303304..4320649) |
Widely expressed, with highest expression in placenta and ovary and lowest expression in skeletal muscle.
Nucleus. Chromosome. Recruited on damaged DNA at sites of double-strand breaks.




PMID: 16332963 by Lee S.-H., et al. The SET domain protein Metnase mediates foreign DNA integration and links integration to nonhomologous end-joining repair.
PMID: 16672366 by Cordaux R., et al. Birth of a chimeric primate gene by capture of the transposase gene from a mobile element.