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NSD3

Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase NSD3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NSD3 gene.

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NSD3
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesNSD3, pp14328, WHSC1L1, WHISTLE, Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 1-like 1, nuclear receptor binding SET domain protein 3, KMT3G, KMT3F
External IDsOMIM: 607083; MGI: 2142581; HomoloGene: 56960; GeneCards: NSD3; OMA:NSD3 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_017778
NM_023034

NM_001001735
NM_001081269
NM_001308481
NM_001308482

RefSeq (protein)

NP_060248
NP_075447

NP_001001735
NP_001074738
NP_001295410
NP_001295411

Location (UCSC)Chr 8: 38.27 – 38.38 MbChr 8: 26.09 – 26.21 Mb
PubMed search34
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Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase NSD3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NSD3 gene.56

This gene is related to the Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome candidate-1 gene (NSD2) and encodes a protein with PWWP (proline-tryptophan-tryptophan-proline) domains. This protein methylates histone H3 at lysine residues 4 and 27, which represses gene transcription. Two alternatively spliced variants have been described.6

The NSD3 gene is amplified in several cancers, including lung cancer and head and neck cancer, and may play a role in carcinogenesis.78

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000147548Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000054823Ensembl, 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. Stec I, Nagl SB, van Ommen GJ, den Dunnen JT (Jun 2000). "The PWWP domain: a potential protein-protein interaction domain in nuclear proteins influencing differentiation?". FEBS Lett. 473 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01449-6. PMID 10802047. S2CID 26290698.
  6. "Entrez Gene: WHSC1L1 Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 1-like 1".
  7. Kang, D; Cho, HS; Toyokawa, G; Kogure, M; Yamane, Y; Iwai, Y; Hayami, S; Tsunoda, T; Field, HI; Matsuda, K; Neal, DE; Ponder, BA; Maehara, Y; Nakamura, Y; Hamamoto, R (Feb 2013). "The histone methyltransferase Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 1-like 1 (WHSC1L1) is involved in human carcinogenesis". Genes, Chromosomes & Cancer. 52 (2): 126–39. doi:10.1002/gcc.22012. PMID 23011637. S2CID 41047322.
  8. Chen, Y; McGee, J; Chen, X; Doman, TN; Gong, X; Zhang, Y; Hamm, N; Ma, X; Higgs, RE; Bhagwat, SV; Buchanan, S; Peng, SB; Staschke, KA; Yadav, V; Yue, Y; Kouros-Mehr, Hosein (2014). "Identification of Druggable Cancer Driver Genes Amplified across TCGA Datasets". PLOS ONE. 9 (5) e98293. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...998293C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098293. PMC 4038530. PMID 24874471.
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