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SET domain (including pre-SET and post-SET domains) found in suppressor of variegation 3-9 homologs, SUV39H1, SUV39H2 and similar proteins This family includes SUV39H1 (also termed histone H3-K9 methyltransferase 1, H3-K9-HMTase 1, lysine N-methyltransferase 1A, KMT1A, position-effect variegation 3-9 homolog, SUV39H, or Su(var)3-9 homolog 1) and SUV39H2 (also termed histone H3-K9 methyltransferase 2, H3-K9-HMTase 2, lysine N-methyltransferase 1B, KMT1B, or Su(var)3-9 homolog 2), both act as histone-lysine N-methyltransferases that specifically trimethylate 'Lys-9' of histone H3 (H3K9me3) using monomethylated H3 'Lys-9' as substrate. They mainly function in heterochromatin regions, thereby playing central roles in the establishment of constitutive heterochromatin at pericentric and telomere regions. Also included are Schizosaccharomyces pombe H3K9 methyltransferase Clr4 (SUV39H homolog) and Neurospora crassa DIM-5, both of which also methylate 'Lys-9' of histone H3. |
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