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KMT5C lysine methyltransferase 5C

Gene ID: 84787, updated on 17-Mar-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: SUV420H2; Suv4-20h2

Summary

SUV420H2 and the related enzyme SUV420H1 (MIM 610881) function as histone methyltransferases that specifically trimethylate nucleosomal histone H4 (see MIM 602822) on lysine-20 (K20) (Schotta et al., 2004 [PubMed 15145825]).[supplied by OMIM, Dec 2009]

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DescriptionTests
Loci at chromosomes 13, 19 and 20 influence age at natural menopause.
GeneReviews: Not available

Genomic context

Location:
19q13.42
Sequence:
Chromosome: 19; NC_000019.10 (55339876..55348121)
Total number of exons:
10

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