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Ehmt2 euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferase 2 [ Cricetulus griseus (Chinese hamster) ]

Gene ID: 100769417, updated on 5-Sep-2025
Gene symbol
Ehmt2
Gene description
euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferase 2
Locus tag
I79_016441
See related
Ensembl:ENSCGRG00015028439
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
MODEL
Organism
Cricetulus griseus
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Cricetidae; Cricetinae; Cricetulus
Annotation information
Annotation category: partial on reference assembly
Orthologs
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Location:
chromosome: 1
Exon count:
24
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
104 current CriGri_1.0 (GCF_000223135.1) Unplaced Scaffold NW_003614548.1 (289406..304638)
104 current CriGri-PICRH-1.0 (GCF_003668045.3) 1 Unlocalized Scaffold NW_023276806.1 (231433757..231449205)

NW_003614548.1Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene negative elongation factor complex member E Neighboring gene complement factor B Neighboring gene complement C2 Neighboring gene solute carrier family 44 member 4 Neighboring gene neuraminidase 1

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Unraveling the Chinese hamster ovary cell line transcriptome by next-generation sequencing. Becker J, et al. J Biotechnol, 2011 Dec 10. PMID 21945585
  2. Manual GO annotation of predictive protein signatures: the InterPro approach to GO curation. Burge S, et al. Database (Oxford), 2012. PMID 22301074, Free PMC Article
  3. TreeGrafter: phylogenetic tree-based annotation of proteins with Gene Ontology terms and other annotations. Tang H, et al. Bioinformatics, 2019 Feb 1. PMID 30032202, Free PMC Article

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by RefSeq

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables histone methyltransferase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
enables p53 binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
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enables protein-lysine N-methyltransferase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
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enables zinc ion binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in nucleus IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
Preferred Names
histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EHMT2
Names
Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase, H3 lysine-9 specific 3
euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2
XP_016834205.2

Length

  • 1284
XP_027244587.1

Length

  • 1262

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RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: Cricetulus griseus Annotation Release 104 details...Open this link in a new tab

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference CriGri_1.0 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NW_003614548.1 Reference CriGri_1.0 Primary Assembly

    Range
    289406..304638
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_016978716.3 → XP_016834205.2  histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EHMT2 isoform X1

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A8C2MWS8
    Conserved Domains (6) summary
    PHA03247
    Location:5 → 258
    PHA03247; large tegument protein UL36; Provisional
    COG0666
    Location:703 → 895
    ANKYR; Ankyrin repeat [Signal transduction mechanisms]
    sd00045
    Location:859 → 889
    ANK; ANK repeat [structural motif]
    cd10533
    Location:1022 → 1260
    SET_EHMT2; SET domain (including pre-SET and post-SET domains) found in euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2 (EHMT2) and similar proteins
    pfam12796
    Location:863 → 955
    Ank_2; Ankyrin repeats (3 copies)
    cd20905
    Location:494 → 623
    EHMT_ZBD; Zinc-binding domain of euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferases EHMT1 and EHTM2

Alternate CriGri-PICRH-1.0

Genomic

  1. NW_023276806.1 Alternate CriGri-PICRH-1.0

    Range
    231433757..231449205
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_027388786.1 → XP_027244587.1  histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EHMT2 isoform X2

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A8C2MWS8, A0A9J7EW05
    Related
    ENSCGRP00015038034.2, ENSCGRT00015046327.2
Nucleotide Protein Strain
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