SETD2 safeguards the genome against isochromosome formation

FM Mason, ES Kounlavong… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Isochromosomes are mirror-imaged chromosomes with simultaneous duplication and
deletion of genetic material which may contain two centromeres to create isodicentric …

A New Chromatin–Cytoskeleton Link in Cancer

AJ Giaccia - Molecular cancer research, 2016 - AACR
The set domain containing 2 (SETD2) histone methyltransferase, located at 3p2, specifically
trimethylates lysine 36 of histone H3 (H3K36me3). H3K36me3 is an active mark involved in …

Evidences for mutations in the histone modifying gene SETD2 as critical drivers in leukemia development

QF Wang, T Cheng - Science China Life Sciences, 2014 - Springer
Cancer is thought to be largely caused by genetic mutations that alter nucleotide sequences
of DNA, yet epigenetic factors are increasingly recognized to also play causative roles in …

Roles of SETD2 in leukemia—transcription, DNA-damage, and beyond

A Skucha, J Ebner, F Grebien - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
The non-redundant histone methyltransferase SETD2 (SET domain containing 2; KMT3A) is
responsible for tri-methylation of lysine 36 on histone H3 (H3K36me3). Presence of the …

Molecular mechanisms in governing genomic stability and tumor suppression by the SETD2 H3K36 methyltransferase

UTF Lam, ES Chen - The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell …, 2022 - Elsevier
Epigenetic dysregulation is an important contributor to carcinogenesis. This is not surprising,
as chromatin—genomic DNA organized around structural histone scaffolding—serves as the …

Shaping the cellular landscape with Set2/SETD2 methylation

SL McDaniel, BD Strahl - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2017 - Springer
Chromatin structure is a major barrier to gene transcription that must be disrupted and re-set
during each round of transcription. Central to this process is the Set2/SETD2 …

SETD2—Linking stem cell survival and transformation

MM Patnaik, O Abdel-Wahab - Cell Research, 2018 - nature.com
SETD2 encodes a histone H3 lysine 36 (H3K36) methyltransferase affected by mutations
and deletions in a wide variety of cancers. Whether SETD2 loss alone can initiate …

The histone methyltransferase SET8 is required for S-phase progression

S Jørgensen, I Elvers, MB Trelle, T Menzel… - The Journal of cell …, 2007 - rupress.org
Chromatin structure and function is influenced by histone posttranslational modifications.
SET8 (also known as PR-Set7 and SETD8) is a histone methyltransferase that …

SETting the stage for cancer development: SETD2 and the consequences of lost methylation

CC Fahey, IJ Davis - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The H3 lysine 36 histone methyltransferase SETD2 is mutated across a range of human
cancers. Although other enzymes can mediate mono-and dimethylation, SETD2 is the …

Dual chromatin and cytoskeletal remodeling by SETD2

IY Park, RT Powell, DN Tripathi, R Dere, TH Ho… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of tubulin specify microtubules for specialized cellular
functions and comprise what is termed a" tubulin code." PTMs of histones comprise an …