PREY

EHMT2

Bat8, D17Ertd710e, G9a, KMT1C, NG36, RP23-349B4.3
euchromatic histone lysine N-methyltransferase 2
Mus musculus

Reconstituted Complex

An interaction is detected between purified proteins in vitro.

Publication

De novo DNA methylation promoted by G9a prevents reprogramming of embryonically silenced genes.

Epsztejn-Litman S, Feldman N, Abu-Remaileh M, Shufaro Y, Gerson A, Ueda J, Deplus R, Fuks F, Shinkai Y, Cedar H, Bergman Y

The pluripotency-determining gene Oct3/4 (also called Pou5f1) undergoes postimplantation silencing in a process mediated by the histone methyltransferase G9a. Microarray analysis now shows that this enzyme may operate as a master regulator that inactivates numerous early-embryonic genes by bringing about heterochromatinization of methylated histone H3K9 and de novo DNA methylation. Genetic studies in differentiating embryonic stem cells demonstrate that a ... [more]

Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. Nov. 01, 2008; 15(11);1176-83 [Pubmed: 18953337]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Curated By

  • BioGRID