title: Unsafe SETs: histone lysine methyltransferases and cancer.
abstract: Enzymes that covalently modify histones control many cellular processes by affecting gene expression. A new class of these enzymes is the histone lysine methyltransferase family, whose catalytic activity lies within a conserved domain, the SET domain. This article surveys the evidence for a connection between SET-domain-containing proteins and cancer. It proposes that deregulation of SET-domain function has an important role in carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Institute and Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, UK CB2 1QR.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bannister
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kouzarides
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000076983:Histone Methyltransferases; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000076983:Histone Methyltransferases; D008780:Methyltransferases; C445404:SU(VAR)3-9; C448996:Set2 protein, S cerevisiae; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; C113272:NSD1 protein, human; C491867:Nsd1 protein, mouse; C093563:PRDM2 protein, human; C411250:SET1 protein, S cerevisiae