EHMT1 wt Allele

**Semantic type:** Gene or Genome

**Definition:** Human EHMT1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 9q34.3 and is approximately 139 kb in length. This allele, which encodes histone-lysine N-methyltransferase, H3 lysine-9 specific 5 protein, plays a role in the modulation of histone methylation. Mutation of the gene is associated with chromosome 9q subtelomeric deletion syndrome.

**Synonyms:** - DKFZp667M072 - EGLP - EUHMTASE1 - Eu-HMTase1 - Euchromatic Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase 1 wt Allele - FLJ12879 - FP13812 - KIAA1876 - KMT1D - RP11-188C12.1 - bA188C12.1