9klb

Structural highlights

Function

EHMT2_HUMAN Histone methyltransferase that specifically mono- and dimethylates 'Lys-9' of histone H3 (H3K9me1 and H3K9me2, respectively) in euchromatin. H3K9me represents a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional repression by recruiting HP1 proteins to methylated histones. Also mediates monomethylation of 'Lys-56' of histone H3 (H3K56me1) in G1 phase, leading to promote interaction between histone H3 and PCNA and regulating DNA replication. Also weakly methylates 'Lys-27' of histone H3 (H3K27me). Also required for DNA methylation, the histone methyltransferase activity is not required for DNA methylation, suggesting that these 2 activities function independently. Probably targeted to histone H3 by different DNA-binding proteins like E2F6, MGA, MAX and/or DP1. May also methylate histone H1. In addition to the histone methyltransferase activity, also methylates non-histone proteins: mediates dimethylation of 'Lys-373' of p53/TP53. Also methylates CDYL, WIZ, ACIN1, DNMT1, HDAC1, ERCC6, KLF12 and itself.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Milner CM, Campbell RD. The G9a gene in the human major histocompatibility complex encodes a novel protein containing ankyrin-like repeats. Biochem J. 1993 Mar 15;290 ( Pt 3):811-8. PMID:8457211
2. ↑ Tachibana M, Sugimoto K, Fukushima T, Shinkai Y. Set domain-containing protein, G9a, is a novel lysine-preferring mammalian histone methyltransferase with hyperactivity and specific selectivity to lysines 9 and 27 of histone H3. J Biol Chem. 2001 Jul 6;276(27):25309-17. Epub 2001 Apr 20. PMID:11316813 doi:10.1074/jbc.M101914200
3. ↑ Rathert P, Dhayalan A, Murakami M, Zhang X, Tamas R, Jurkowska R, Komatsu Y, Shinkai Y, Cheng X, Jeltsch A. Protein lysine methyltransferase G9a acts on non-histone targets. Nat Chem Biol. 2008 Jun;4(6):344-6. doi: 10.1038/nchembio.88. Epub 2008 Apr 27. PMID:18438403 doi:10.1038/nchembio.88
4. ↑ Huang J, Dorsey J, Chuikov S, Zhang X, Jenuwein T, Reinberg D, Berger SL. G9A and GLP methylate lysine 373 in the tumor suppressor p53. J Biol Chem. 2010 Jan 29. PMID:20118233 doi:M109.062588
5. ↑ Yu Y, Song C, Zhang Q, DiMaggio PA, Garcia BA, York A, Carey MF, Grunstein M. Histone H3 lysine 56 methylation regulates DNA replication through its interaction with PCNA. Mol Cell. 2012 Apr 13;46(1):7-17. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.01.019. Epub 2012, Mar 1. PMID:22387026 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2012.01.019