Protein Name DOT1 like histone lysine methyltransferase
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 84444
Gene Symbol

DOT1L

UniProt Q8TEK3 (DOT1L_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 65
Total Number of Articles : 134
Description

DOT1 like histone lysine methyltransferase

Gene Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a histone methyltransferase that methylates lysine-79 of histone H3. It is inactive against free core histones, but shows significant histone methyltransferase activity against nucleosomes. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

synonyms
  • histone-lysine N-methyltransferase, H3 lysine-79 specific
  • DOT1 like histone H3K79 methyltransferase
  • DOT1-like histone methyltransferase
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Properties