Protein Name lysine methyltransferase 5A
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 387893
Gene Symbol

KMT5A

UniProt Q9NQR1 (KMT5A_HUMAN), E3VVS3 (E3VVS3_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 60
Total Number of Articles : 107
Description

lysine methyltransferase 5A

Gene Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a protein-lysine N-methyltransferase that can monomethylate Lys-20 of histone H4 to effect transcriptional repression of some genes. The encoded protein is required for cell proliferation and plays a role in chromatin condensation. [provided by RefSeq, May 2016]

synonyms
  • N-lysine methyltransferase KMT5A
  • H4-K20-HMTase KMT5A
  • H4-K20-HMTase SETD8
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Properties