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Facts about WD repeat-containing protein 5.
As part of the MLL1/MLL complex it is involved in methylation and dimethylation in'Lys-4' of histone H3. H3 'Lys-4' methylation represents a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional activation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | WDR5 |
| Uniprot: | P61964 |
| Entrez: | 11091 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| WD repeat WDR5/wds family |

BIG3; BIG-3; BMP2-induced 3-kb gene protein; SWD3; SWD3, Set1c WD40 repeat protein, homolog; WD repeat domain 5; WD repeat-containing protein 5; WDR5; WD-repeat protein 5
Mass (kDA):
36.588 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 9q34.2 |
| Sequence: | 9; NC_000009.12 (134135382..134159972) |
Nucleus.





PMID: 12670868 by Wysocka J., et al. Human Sin3 deacetylase and trithorax-related Set1/Ash2 histone H3-K4 methyltransferase are tethered together selectively by the cell- proliferation factor HCF-1.
PMID: 14992727 by Hughes C.M., et al. Menin associates with a trithorax family histone methyltransferase complex and with the hoxc8 locus.