setd2 knockout zebrafish is survivable and fertile: differential and developmental-stress-related requirements for Setd2 and histone H3K36 trimethylation in different vertebrate animals
Setd2 is the only enzyme that catalyzes histone H3 lysine 36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) on virtually all actively transcribed protein-coding genes, and this mechanism is evolutionarily conserved from yeast to human. Setd2 and H3K36me3 have been revealed to be involved in many important biochemical mechanisms, including DNA repair, alternative mRNA splicing and transcription elongation. However, physiological function of Setd2 in the context of zebrafish development remains elusive. Here we generated zebrafish setd2 mutant lines through disrupting the majority of the protein. And mRNA profiles of wild-type (WT), Setd2(+/-) and Setd2(-/-) zebrafish embryos at 36hpf were generated by deep sequencing, providing an opportunity to uncover molecular programs and functions of Setd2. Overall design: Zebrafish embryos mRNA profiles of wild type (WT), Setd2+/-, Setd2-/- at 36hpf.