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CDYL2

Chromodomain protein, Y-like 2 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the CDYL2 gene. It localizes to the nucleus, where it acts as a chromatin reader recognizing trimethylation of Histone H3 lysine 9 and repressing transcription.

Last revised
Jul 31, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
226 w
Citations
9
Source
CDYL2
Identifiers
AliasesCDYL2, PCCP1, chromodomain protein, Y-like 2, chromodomain Y like 2
External IDsMGI: 1923046; HomoloGene: 41779; GeneCards: CDYL2; OMA:CDYL2 - orthologs
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_152342

NM_029441

RefSeq (protein)

NP_689555

NP_083717

Location (UCSC)Chr 16: 80.6 – 80.8 MbChr 8: 117.3 – 117.46 Mb
PubMed search34
Wikidata
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Chromodomain protein, Y-like 2 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the CDYL2 gene. It localizes to the nucleus, where it acts as a chromatin reader recognizing trimethylation of Histone H3 lysine 9 and repressing transcription.5

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000166446Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031758Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: Chromodomain protein, Y-like 2". Retrieved 2013-01-13.
External links
  • PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Chromodomain Y-like protein 2 (CDYL2)