Why are so many MLL lysine methyltransferases required for normal mammalian development?

NT Crump, TA Milne - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2019 - Springer
The mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) family of proteins became known initially for the
leukemia link of its founding member. Over the decades, the MLL family has been …

Mixed lineage leukemia: a structure–function perspective of the MLL1 protein

MS Cosgrove, A Patel - The FEBS journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Several acute lymphoblastic and myelogenous leukemias are correlated with alterations in
the human mixed lineage leukemia protein‐1 (MLL1) gene. MLL1 is a member of the …

Structure, activity and function of the MLL2 (KMT2B) protein lysine methyltransferase

A Klonou, S Chlamydas, C Piperi - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Mixed Lineage Leukemia 2 (MLL2) protein, also known as KMT2B, belongs to the family
of mammalian histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methyltransferases. It is a large protein of 2715 …

A novel non-SET domain multi-subunit methyltransferase required for sequential nucleosomal histone H3 methylation by the mixed lineage leukemia protein-1 (MLL1) …

A Patel, VE Vought, V Dharmarajan… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Gene expression within the context of eukaryotic chromatin is regulated by enzymes that
catalyze histone lysine methylation. Histone lysine methyltransferases that have been …

On the Mechanism of Multiple Lysine Methylation by the Human Mixed Lineage Leukemia Protein-1 (MLL1) Core Complex*♦

A Patel, V Dharmarajan, VE Vought… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Transcription in eukaryotic genomes depends on enzymes that regulate the degree of
histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methylation. The mixed lineage leukemia protein-1 (MLL1) is a …

Automethylation activities within the mixed lineage leukemia-1 (MLL1) core complex reveal evidence supporting a “two-active site” model for multiple histone H3 …

A Patel, VE Vought, S Swatkoski, S Viggiano… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
The mixed lineage leukemia-1 (MLL1) core complex predominantly catalyzes mono-and
dimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 4 (H3K4) and is frequently altered in aggressive acute …

MLL5 (KMT2E): structure, function, and clinical relevance

X Zhang, W Novera, Y Zhang, LW Deng - Cellular and molecular life …, 2017 - Springer
The mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) family of genes, also known as the lysine N-
methyltransferase 2 (KMT2) family, are homologous to the evolutionarily conserved trithorax …

Global and Hox-specific roles for the MLL1 methyltransferase

MG Guenther, RG Jenner, B Chevalier… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
The mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL1/ALL-1/HRX) histone methyltransferase is involved in the
epigenetic maintenance of transcriptional memory and the pathogenesis of human …

SET/MLL family proteins in hematopoiesis and leukemia

W Yang, P Ernst - International journal of hematology, 2017 - Springer
Accumulating recent evidence supports the notion that many enzymes that modify histones
are fundamental players in normal hematopoiesis as well as hematologic malignancies, and …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting MLL1 H3K4 methyltransferase activity in mixed-lineage leukemia

F Cao, EC Townsend, H Karatas, J Xu, L Li, S Lee… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Here we report a comprehensive characterization of our recently developed inhibitor MM-
401 that targets the MLL1 H3K4 methyltransferase activity. MM-401 is able to specifically …