Rabbit anti-Human KMT2B Polyclonal Antibody, Biotin conjugated

Uniprot Id

Q9UMN6

Target Species

Human

Target Name

KMT2B

Target Full Name

Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2B

Target Function

Histone methyltransferase that catalyzes methyl group transfer from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the epsilon-amino group of 'Lys-4' of histone H3 (H3K4) via a non-processive mechanism. Part of chromatin remodeling machinery predominantly forms H3K4me1 and H3K4me2 methylation marks at active chromatin sites where transcription and DNA repair take place. Likely plays a redundant role with KMT2C in enriching H3K4me1 marks on primed and active enhancer elements. Plays a central role in beta-globin locus transcription regulation by being recruited by NFE2. Plays an important role in controlling bulk H3K4me during oocyte growth and preimplantation development. Required during the transcriptionally active period of oocyte growth for the establishment and/or maintenance of bulk H3K4 trimethylation (H3K4me3), global transcriptional silencing that preceeds resumption of meiosis, oocyte survival and normal zygotic genome activation.

Target Subcellular Location

Nucleus.

Target Protein Families

Class V-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily, Histone-lysine methyltransferase family, TRX/MLL subfamily

Target Tissue Specificity

Widely expressed. Highest levels in testis. Also found in brain with higher expression in the cerebellum than in any other region, bone marrow, heart, muscle, kidney, placenta, spleen, thymus, prostate, ovary, intestine, colon, peripheral blood lymphocyte

Target Synonyms

Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2B; HRX2; KIAA0304 gene product; KMT2B; KMT2B_HUMAN; Likely ortholog of mouse WW domain binding protein 7 ; Lysine N-methyltransferase 2B; mixed lineage leukemia 4; Mixed lineage leukemia gene homolog 2 protein ; MLL2; myeloid lymphoid leukemia 4; Myeloid lymphoid or mixed lineage leukemia protein 4; Myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia protein 4; Trithorax homolog 2; trithorax homologue 2 ; TRX2; WBP-7; WBP7; WW domain-binding protein 7

Target Background

This gene encodes a protein which contains multiple domains including a CXXC zinc finger, three PHD zinc fingers, two FY-rich domains, and a SET (suppressor of variegation, enhancer of zeste, and trithorax) domain. The SET domain is a conserved C-terminal domain that characterizes proteins of the MLL (mixed-lineage leukemia) family. This gene is ubiquitously expressed in adult tissues. It is also amplified in solid tumor cell lines, and may be involved in human cancer. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported for this gene, however, the full length nature of the shorter transcript is not known.