SET domain found in SET domain-containing protein 5 (SETD5), inactive histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2E (KMT2E) and similar proteins
SETD5 is a probable transcriptional regulator that acts via the formation of large multiprotein complexes that modify and/or remodel the chromatin. KMT2E (also termed inactive lysine N-methyltransferase 2E or myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia protein 5 (MLL5)) associates with chromatin regions downstream of transcriptional start sites of active genes and thus regulates gene transcription. The family also includes Saccharomyces cerevisiae SET domain-containing proteins, SET3 and SET4, and Schizosaccharomyces pombe SET3. Most of these family members contain a post-SET domain which harbors a zinc-binding site.