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Facts about Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SUV39H1.
H3 'Lys-9' trimethylation represents a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional repression by recruiting HP1 (CBX1, CBX3 and/or CBX5) proteins to methylated histones. Mainly functions in heterochromatin regions, thereby playing a central role in the establishment of constitutive heterochromatin at pericentric and telomere regions.
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Gene Name: | SUV39H1 |
Uniprot: | O43463 |
Entrez: | 6839 |
Belongs to: |
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class V-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily |
H3-K9-HMTase 1; Histone H3-K9 methyltransferase 1; histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SUV39H1; histone-lysine N-methyltransferase, H3 lysine-9 specific 1; KMT1AEC 2.1.1.43; Lysine N-methyltransferase 1A; MG44; Position-effect variegation 3-9 homolog; Su(var)3-9 homolog 1; suppressor of variegation 3-9 (Drosophila) homolog 1; suppressor of variegation 3-9 homolog 1 (Drosophila); Suppressor of variegation 3-9 homolog 1; Suppressor of variegation 3-9 homolog 1, Suvar) 3-9 homolog; SUV39H
Mass (kDA):
47.907 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | Xp11.23 |
Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (48695554..48709016) |
Nucleus. Nucleus lamina. Nucleus, nucleoplasm. Chromosome, centromere. Associates with centromeric constitutive heterochromatin.
PMID: 10202156 by Aagaard L., et al. Functional mammalian homologues of the Drosophila PEV-modifier Su(var)3-9 encode centromere-associated proteins which complex with the heterochromatin component M31.
PMID: 10671371 by Aagaard L., et al. Mitotic phosphorylation of SUV39H1, a novel component of active centromeres, coincides with transient accumulation at mammalian centromeres.