Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

KMT2B

Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2B

Also known as: CXXC10, HRX2, KIAA0304, KMT2B_HUMAN, MLL1B, MLL2, MLL4, TRX2, WBP7

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9UMN6
Gene
KMT2B
Ensembl
ENSG00000272333
Chromosome
19
Canonical length
2715 aa
Protein class
Cancer-related genes, Disease related genes, Enzymes, Human disease related genes, Metabolic proteins, Potential drug targets, Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a protein which contains multiple domains including a CXXC zinc finger, three PHD zinc fingers, two FY-rich domains, and a SET (suppressor of variegation, enhancer of zeste, and trithorax) domain. The SET domain is a conserved C-terminal domain that characterizes proteins of the MLL (mixed-lineage leukemia) family. This gene is ubiquitously expressed in adult tissues. It is also amplified in solid tumor cell lines, and may be involved in human cancer. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported for this gene, however, the full length nature of the shorter transcript is not known. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

2715 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9UMN6|KMT2B
     1  MAAAAGGGSC PGPGSARGRF PGRPRGAGGG GGRGGRGNGA ERVRVALRRG GGATGPGGAE
    61  PGEDTALLRL LGLRRGLRRL RRLWAGPRVQ RGRGRGRGRG WGPSRGCVPE EESSDGESDE
   121  EEFQGFHSDE DVAPSSLRSA LRSQRGRAPR GRGRKHKTTP LPPPRLADVA PTPPKTPARK
   181  RGEEGTERMV QALTELLRRA QAPQAPRSRA CEPSTPRRSR GRPPGRPAGP CRRKQQAVVV
   241  AEAAVTIPKP EPPPPVVPVK HQTGSWKCKE GPGPGPGTPR RGGQSSRGGR GGRGRGRGGG
   301  LPFVIKFVSR AKKVKMGQLS LGLESGQGQG QHEESWQDVP QRRVGSGQGG SPCWKKQEQK
   361  LDDEEEEKKE EEEKDKEGEE KEERAVAEEM MPAAEKEEAK LPPPPLTPPA PSPPPPLPPP
   421  STSPPPPLCP PPPPPVSPPP LPSPPPPPAQ EEQEESPPPV VPATCSRKRG RPPLTPSQRA
   481  EREAARAGPE GTSPPTPTPS TATGGPPEDS PTVAPKSTTF LKNIRQFIMP VVSARSSRVI
   541  KTPRRFMDED PPKPPKVEVS PVLRPPITTS PPVPQEPAPV PSPPRAPTPP STPVPLPEKR
   601  RSILREPTFR WTSLTRELPP PPPAPPPPPA PSPPPAPATS SRRPLLLRAP QFTPSEAHLK
   661  IYESVLTPPP LGAPEAPEPE PPPADDSPAE PEPRAVGRTN HLSLPRFAPV VTTPVKAEVS
   721  PHGAPALSNG PQTQAQLLQP LQALQTQLLP QALPPPQPQL QPPPSPQQMP PLEKARIAGV
   781  GSLPLSGVEE KMFSLLKRAK VQLFKIDQQQ QQKVAASMPL SPGGQMEEVA GAVKQISDRG
   841  PVRSEDESVE AKRERPSGPE SPVQGPRIKH VCRHAAVALG QARAMVPEDV PRLSALPLRD
   901  RQDLATEDTS SASETESVPS RSRRGKVEAA GPGGESEPTG SGGTLAHTPR RSLPSHHGKK
   961  MRMARCGHCR GCLRVQDCGS CVNCLDKPKF GGPNTKKQCC VYRKCDKIEA RKMERLAKKG
  1021  RTIVKTLLPW DSDESPEASP GPPGPRRGAG AGGPREEVVA HPGPEEQDSL LQRKSARRCV
  1081  KQRPSYDIFE DSDDSEPGGP PAPRRRTPRE NELPLPEPEE QSRPRKPTLQ PVLQLKARRR
  1141  LDKDALAPGP FASFPNGWTG KQKSPDGVHR VRVDFKEDCD LENVWLMGGL SVLTSVPGGP
  1201  PMVCLLCASK GLHELVFCQV CCDPFHPFCL EEAERPLPQH HDTWCCRRCK FCHVCGRKGR
  1261  GSKHLLECER CRHAYHPACL GPSYPTRATR KRRHWICSAC VRCKSCGATP GKNWDVEWSG
  1321  DYSLCPRCTQ LYEKGNYCPI CTRCYEDNDY ESKMMQCAQC DHWVHAKCEG LSDEDYEILS
  1381  GLPDSVLYTC GPCAGAAQPR WREALSGALQ GGLRQVLQGL LSSKVVGPLL LCTQCGPDGK
  1441  QLHPGPCGLQ AVSQRFEDGH YKSVHSFMED MVGILMRHSE EGETPDRRAG GQMKGLLLKL
  1501  LESAFGWFDA HDPKYWRRST RLPNGVLPNA VLPPSLDHVY AQWRQQEPET PESGQPPGDP
  1561  SAAFQGKDPA AFSHLEDPRQ CALCLKYGDA DSKEAGRLLY IGQNEWTHVN CAIWSAEVFE
  1621  ENDGSLKNVH AAVARGRQMR CELCLKPGAT VGCCLSSCLS NFHFMCARAS YCIFQDDKKV
  1681  FCQKHTDLLD GKEIVNPDGF DVLRRVYVDF EGINFKRKFL TGLEPDAINV LIGSIRIDSL
  1741  GTLSDLSDCE GRLFPIGYQC SRLYWSTVDA RRRCWYRCRI LEYRPWGPRE EPAHLEAAEE
  1801  NQTIVHSPAP SSEPPGGEDP PLDTDVLVPG APERHSPIQN LDPPLRPDSG SAPPPAPRSF
  1861  SGARIKVPNY SPSRRPLGGV SFGPLPSPGS PSSLTHHIPT VGDPDFPAPP RRSRRPSPLA
  1921  PRPPPSRWAS PPLKTSPQLR VPPPTSVVTA LTPTSGELAP PGPAPSPPPP EDLGPDFEDM
  1981  EVVSGLSAAD LDFAASLLGT EPFQEEIVAA GAMGSSHGGP GDSSEEESSP TSRYIHFPVT
  2041  VVSAPGLAPS ATPGAPRIEQ LDGVDDGTDS EAEAVQQPRG QGTPPSGPGV VRAGVLGAAG
  2101  DRARPPEDLP SEIVDFVLKN LGGPGDGGAG PREESLPPAP PLANGSQPSQ GLTASPADPT
  2161  RTFAWLPGAP GVRVLSLGPA PEPPKPATSK IILVNKLGQV FVKMAGEGEP VPPPVKQPPL
  2221  PPTISPTAPT SWTLPPGPLL GVLPVVGVVR PAPPPPPPPL TLVLSSGPAS PPRQAIRVKR
  2281  VSTFSGRSPP APPPYKAPRL DEDGEASEDT PQVPGLGSGG FSRVRMKTPT VRGVLDLDRP
  2341  GEPAGEESPG PLQERSPLLP LPEDGPPQVP DGPPDLLLES QWHHYSGEAS SSEEEPPSPD
  2401  DKENQAPKRT GPHLRFEISS EDGFSVEAES LEGAWRTLIE KVQEARGHAR LRHLSFSGMS
  2461  GARLLGIHHD AVIFLAEQLP GAQRCQHYKF RYHQQGEGQE EPPLNPHGAA RAEVYLRKCT
  2521  FDMFNFLASQ HRVLPEGATC DEEEDEVQLR STRRATSLEL PMAMRFRHLK KTSKEAVGVY
  2581  RSAIHGRGLF CKRNIDAGEM VIEYSGIVIR SVLTDKREKF YDGKGIGCYM FRMDDFDVVD
  2641  ATMHGNAARF INHSCEPNCF SRVIHVEGQK HIVIFALRRI LRGEELTYDY KFPIEDASNK
  2701  LPCNCGAKRC RRFLN

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against KMT2B can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.

Antibody reachability
Intracellular
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0
Highest tissue expression
21 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skin: 21 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 21 nTPM
  • testis: 19 nTPM
  • esophagus: 16 nTPM
  • lymph node: 15 nTPM
  • pancreas: 14 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • neutrophils: 58 nCPM
  • undifferentiated spermatogonia: 48 nCPM
  • retinal amacrine cells: 44 nCPM
  • retinal bipolar cells: 44 nCPM
  • proximal tubule cells: 41 nCPM
  • pdcs: 40 nCPM

Immune cell

  • plasmacytoid DC: 2.5 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 2 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 1.3 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 1.2 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 1.1 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0.8 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebral cortex: 44 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 34 nTPM
  • white matter: 29 nTPM
  • amygdala: 28 nTPM
  • thalamus: 28 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 27 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about KMT2B.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions KMT2B is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

142 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 2,642 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap

Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.

gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
0.07
gnomAD pLI
1
gnomAD missense Z
3.43
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.28
DepMap dependency class
selective

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of KMT2B in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads KMT2B as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against KMT2B could matter depends on whether native KMT2B is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

KMT2B is annotated as predominantly intracellular. Intracellular proteins are common autoantibody markers, becoming visible to the immune system after cell injury or altered processing, but are usually markers of disease rather than direct drivers.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label KMT2B as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/KMT2B. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

Loading the interactive Seroatlas protein explorer...