KMT2D
Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2D
Also known as: ALR, CAGL114, KMT2D_HUMAN, MLL2, MLL4, TNRC21
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- O14686
- Gene
- KMT2D
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000167548
- Chromosome
- 12
- Canonical length
- 5537 aa
- Protein class
- Cancer-related genes, Disease related genes, Enzymes, Human disease related genes, Metabolic proteins, Potential drug targets, Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoplasm,Plasma membrane,Cytosol
OverviewNCBI Gene
The protein encoded by this gene is a histone methyltransferase that methylates the Lys-4 position of histone H3. The encoded protein is part of a large protein complex called ASCOM, which has been shown to be a transcriptional regulator of the beta-globin and estrogen receptor genes. Mutations in this gene have been shown to be a cause of Kabuki syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2010]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
5537 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>O14686|KMT2D
1 MDSQKLAGED KDSEPAADGP AASEDPSATE SDLPNPHVGE VSVLSSGSPR LQETPQDCSG
61 GPVRRCALCN CGEPSLHGQR ELRRFELPFD WPRCPVVSPG GSPGPNEAVL PSEDLSQIGF
121 PEGLTPAHLG EPGGSCWAHH WCAAWSAGVW GQEGPELCGV DKAIFSGISQ RCSHCTRLGA
181 SIPCRSPGCP RLYHFPCATA SGSFLSMKTL QLLCPEHSEG AAYLEEARCA VCEGPGELCD
241 LFFCTSCGHH YHGACLDTAL TARKRAGWQC PECKVCQACR KPGNDSKMLV CETCDKGYHT
301 FCLKPPMEEL PAHSWKCKAC RVCRACGAGS AELNPNSEWF ENYSLCHRCH KAQGGQTIRS
361 VAEQHTPVCS RFSPPEPGDT PTDEPDALYV ACQGQPKGGH VTSMQPKEPG PLQCEAKPLG
421 KAGVQLEPQL EAPLNEEMPL LPPPEESPLS PPPEESPTSP PPEASRLSPP PEELPASPLP
481 EALHLSRPLE ESPLSPPPEE SPLSPPPESS PFSPLEESPL SPPEESPPSP ALETPLSPPP
541 EASPLSPPFE ESPLSPPPEE LPTSPPPEAS RLSPPPEESP MSPPPEESPM SPPPEASRLF
601 PPFEESPLSP PPEESPLSPP PEASRLSPPP EDSPMSPPPE ESPMSPPPEV SRLSPLPVVS
661 RLSPPPEESP LSPPPEESPT SPPPEASRLS PPPEDSPTSP PPEDSPASPP PEDSLMSLPL
721 EESPLLPLPE EPQLCPRSEG PHLSPRPEEP HLSPRPEEPH LSPQAEEPHL SPQPEEPCLC
781 AVPEEPHLSP QAEGPHLSPQ PEELHLSPQT EEPHLSPVPE EPCLSPQPEE SHLSPQSEEP
841 CLSPRPEESH LSPELEKPPL SPRPEKPPEE PGQCPAPEEL PLFPPPGEPS LSPLLGEPAL
901 SEPGEPPLSP LPEELPLSPS GEPSLSPQLM PPDPLPPPLS PIITAAAPPA LSPLGELEYP
961 FGAKGDSDPE SPLAAPILET PISPPPEANC TDPEPVPPMI LPPSPGSPVG PASPILMEPL
1021 PPQCSPLLQH SLVPQNSPPS QCSPPALPLS VPSPLSPIGK VVGVSDEAEL HEMETEKVSE
1081 PECPALEPSA TSPLPSPMGD LSCPAPSPAP ALDDFSGLGE DTAPLDGIDA PGSQPEPGQT
1141 PGSLASELKG SPVLLDPEEL APVTPMEVYP ECKQTAGQGS PCEEQEEPRA PVAPTPPTLI
1201 KSDIVNEISN LSQGDASASF PGSEPLLGSP DPEGGGSLSM ELGVSTDVSP ARDEGSLRLC
1261 TDSLPETDDS LLCDAGTAIS GGKAEGEKGR RRSSPARSRI KQGRSSSFPG RRRPRGGAHG
1321 GRGRGRARLK STASSIETLV VADIDSSPSK EEEEEDDDTM QNTVVLFSNT DKFVLMQDMC
1381 VVCGSFGRGA EGHLLACSQC SQCYHPYCVN SKITKVMLLK GWRCVECIVC EVCGQASDPS
1441 RLLLCDDCDI SYHTYCLDPP LLTVPKGGWK CKWCVSCMQC GAASPGFHCE WQNSYTHCGP
1501 CASLVTCPIC HAPYVEEDLL IQCRHCERWM HAGCESLFTE DDVEQAADEG FDCVSCQPYV
1561 VKPVAPVAPP ELVPMKVKEP EPQYFRFEGV WLTETGMALL RNLTMSPLHK RRQRRGRLGL
1621 PGEAGLEGSE PSDALGPDDK KDGDLDTDEL LKGEGGVEHM ECEIKLEGPV SPDVEPGKEE
1681 TEESKKRKRK PYRPGIGGFM VRQRKSHTRT KKGPAAQAEV LSGDGQPDEV IPADLPAEGA
1741 VEQSLAEGDE KKKQQRRGRK KSKLEDMFPA YLQEAFFGKE LLDLSRKALF AVGVGRPSFG
1801 LGTPKAKGDG GSERKELPTS QKGDDGPDIA DEESRGLEGK ADTPGPEDGG VKASPVPSDP
1861 EKPGTPGEGM LSSDLDRIST EELPKMESKD LQQLFKDVLG SEREQHLGCG TPGLEGSRTP
1921 LQRPFLQGGL PLGNLPSSSP MDSYPGLCQS PFLDSRERGG FFSPEPGEPD SPWTGSGGTT
1981 PSTPTTPTTE GEGDGLSYNQ RSLQRWEKDE ELGQLSTISP VLYANINFPN LKQDYPDWSS
2041 RCKQIMKLWR KVPAADKAPY LQKAKDNRAA HRINKVQKQA ESQINKQTKV GDIARKTDRP
2101 ALHLRIPPQP GALGSPPPAA APTIFIGSPT TPAGLSTSAD GFLKPPAGSV PGPDSPGELF
2161 LKLPPQVPAQ VPSQDPFGLA PAYPLEPRFP TAPPTYPPYP SPTGAPAQPP MLGASSRPGA
2221 GQPGEFHTTP PGTPRHQPST PDPFLKPRCP SLDNLAVPES PGVGGGKASE PLLSPPPFGE
2281 SRKALEVKKE ELGASSPSYG PPNLGFVDSP SSGTHLGGLE LKTPDVFKAP LTPRASQVEP
2341 QSPGLGLRPQ EPPPAQALAP SPPSHPDIFR PGSYTDPYAQ PPLTPRPQPP PPESCCALPP
2401 RSLPSDPFSR VPASPQSQSS SQSPLTPRPL SAEAFCPSPV TPRFQSPDPY SRPPSRPQSR
2461 DPFAPLHKPP RPQPPEVAFK AGSLAHTSLG AGGFPAALPA GPAGELHAKV PSGQPPNFVR
2521 SPGTGAFVGT PSPMRFTFPQ AVGEPSLKPP VPQPGLPPPH GINSHFGPGP TLGKPQSTNY
2581 TVATGNFHPS GSPLGPSSGS TGESYGLSPL RPPSVLPPPA PDGSLPYLSH GASQRSGITS
2641 PVEKREDPGT GMGSSLATAE LPGTQDPGMS GLSQTELEKQ RQRQRLRELL IRQQIQRNTL
2701 RQEKETAAAA AGAVGPPGSW GAEPSSPAFE QLSRGQTPFA GTQDKSSLVG LPPSKLSGPI
2761 LGPGSFPSDD RLSRPPPPAT PSSMDVNSRQ LVGGSQAFYQ RAPYPGSLPL QQQQQQLWQQ
2821 QQATAATSMR FAMSARFPST PGPELGRQAL GSPLAGISTR LPGPGEPVPG PAGPAQFIEL
2881 RHNVQKGLGP GGTPFPGQGP PQRPRFYPVS EDPHRLAPEG LRGLAVSGLP PQKPSAPPAP
2941 ELNNSLHPTP HTKGPTLPTG LELVNRPPSS TELGRPNPLA LEAGKLPCED PELDDDFDAH
3001 KALEDDEELA HLGLGVDVAK GDDELGTLEN LETNDPHLDD LLNGDEFDLL AYTDPELDTG
3061 DKKDIFNEHL RLVESANEKA EREALLRGVE PGPLGPEERP PPAADASEPR LASVLPEVKP
3121 KVEEGGRHPS PCQFTIATPK VEPAPAANSL GLGLKPGQSM MGSRDTRMGT GPFSSSGHTA
3181 EKASFGATGG PPAHLLTPSP LSGPGGSSLL EKFELESGAL TLPGGPAASG DELDKMESSL
3241 VASELPLLIE DLLEHEKKEL QKKQQLSAQL QPAQQQQQQQ QQHSLLSAPG PAQAMSLPHE
3301 GSSPSLAGSQ QQLSLGLAGA RQPGLPQPLM PTQPPAHALQ QRLAPSMAMV SNQGHMLSGQ
3361 HGGQAGLVPQ QSSQPVLSQK PMGTMPPSMC MKPQQLAMQQ QLANSFFPDT DLDKFAAEDI
3421 IDPIAKAKMV ALKGIKKVMA QGSIGVAPGM NRQQVSLLAQ RLSGGPSSDL QNHVAAGSGQ
3481 ERSAGDPSQP RPNPPTFAQG VINEADQRQY EEWLFHTQQL LQMQLKVLEE QIGVHRKSRK
3541 ALCAKQRTAK KAGREFPEAD AEKLKLVTEQ QSKIQKQLDQ VRKQQKEHTN LMAEYRNKQQ
3601 QQQQQQQQQQ QQHSAVLALS PSQSPRLLTK LPGQLLPGHG LQPPQGPPGG QAGGLRLTPG
3661 GMALPGQPGG PFLNTALAQQ QQQQHSGGAG SLAGPSGGFF PGNLALRSLG PDSRLLQERQ
3721 LQLQQQRMQL AQKLQQQQQQ QQQQQHLLGQ VAIQQQQQQG PGVQTNQALG PKPQGLMPPS
3781 SHQGLLVQQL SPQPPQGPQG MLGPAQVAVL QQQHPGALGP QGPHRQVLMT QSRVLSSPQL
3841 AQQGQGLMGH RLVTAQQQQQ QQQHQQQGSM AGLSHLQQSL MSHSGQPKLS AQPMGSLQQL
3901 QQQQQLQQQQ QLQQQQQQQL QQQQQLQQQQ LQQQQQQQQL QQQQQQQLQQ QQQQLQQQQQ
3961 QQQQQFQQQQ QQQQMGLLNQ SRTLLSPQQQ QQQQVALGPG MPAKPLQHFS SPGALGPTLL
4021 LTGKEQNTVD PAVSSEATEG PSTHQGGPLA IGTTPESMAT EPGEVKPSLS GDSQLLLVQP
4081 QPQPQPSSLQ LQPPLRLPGQ QQQQVSLLHT AGGGSHGQLG SGSSSEASSV PHLLAQPSVS
4141 LGDQPGSMTQ NLLGPQQPML ERPMQNNTGP QPPKPGPVLQ SGQGLPGVGI MPTVGQLRAQ
4201 LQGVLAKNPQ LRHLSPQQQQ QLQALLMQRQ LQQSQAVRQT PPYQEPGTQT SPLQGLLGCQ
4261 PQLGGFPGPQ TGPLQELGAG PRPQGPPRLP APPGALSTGP VLGPVHPTPP PSSPQEPKRP
4321 SQLPSPSSQL PTEAQLPPTH PGTPKPQGPT LEPPPGRVSP AAAQLADTLF SKGLGPWDPP
4381 DNLAETQKPE QSSLVPGHLD QVNGQVVPEA SQLSIKQEPR EEPCALGAQS VKREANGEPI
4441 GAPGTSNHLL LAGPRSEAGH LLLQKLLRAK NVQLSTGRGS EGLRAEINGH IDSKLAGLEQ
4501 KLQGTPSNKE DAAARKPLTP KPKRVQKASD RLVSSRKKLR KEDGVRASEA LLKQLKQELS
4561 LLPLTEPAIT ANFSLFAPFG SGCPVNGQSQ LRGAFGSGAL PTGPDYYSQL LTKNNLSNPP
4621 TPPSSLPPTP PPSVQQKMVN GVTPSEELGE HPKDAASARD SERALRDTSE VKSLDLLAAL
4681 PTPPHNQTED VRMESDEDSD SPDSIVPASS PESILGEEAP RFPHLGSGRW EQEDRALSPV
4741 IPLIPRASIP VFPDTKPYGA LGLEVPGKLP VTTWEKGKGS EVSVMLTVSA AAAKNLNGVM
4801 VAVAELLSMK IPNSYEVLFP ESPARAGTEP KKGEAEGPGG KEKGLEGKSP DTGPDWLKQF
4861 DAVLPGYTLK SQLDILSLLK QESPAPEPPT QHSYTYNVSN LDVRQLSAPP PEEPSPPPSP
4921 LAPSPASPPT EPLVELPTEP LAEPPVPSPL PLASSPESAR PKPRARPPEE GEDSRPPRLK
4981 KWKGVRWKRL RLLLTIQKGS GRQEDEREVA EFMEQLGTAL RPDKVPRDMR RCCFCHEEGD
5041 GATDGPARLL NLDLDLWVHL NCALWSTEVY ETQGGALMNV EVALHRGLLT KCSLCQRTGA
5101 TSSCNRMRCP NVYHFACAIR AKCMFFKDKT MLCPMHKIKG PCEQELSSFA VFRRVYIERD
5161 EVKQIASIIQ RGERLHMFRV GGLVFHAIGQ LLPHQMADFH SATALYPVGY EATRIYWSLR
5221 TNNRRCCYRC SIGENNGRPE FVIKVIEQGL EDLVFTDASP QAVWNRIIEP VAAMRKEADM
5281 LRLFPEYLKG EELFGLTVHA VLRIAESLPG VESCQNYLFR YGRHPLMELP LMINPTGCAR
5341 SEPKILTHYK RPHTLNSTSM SKAYQSTFTG ETNTPYSKQF VHSKSSQYRR LRTEWKNNVY
5401 LARSRIQGLG LYAAKDLEKH TMVIEYIGTI IRNEVANRRE KIYEEQNRGI YMFRINNEHV
5461 IDATLTGGPA RYINHSCAPN CVAEVVTFDK EDKIIIISSR RIPKGEELTY DYQFDFEDDQ
5521 HKIPCHCGAW NCRKWMNLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against KMT2D 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
- 38 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- bone marrow: 38 nTPM
- retina: 31 nTPM
- skeletal muscle: 29 nTPM
- thymus: 18 nTPM
- skin: 15 nTPM
- tongue: 14 nTPM
Single-cell type
- neutrophils: 89 nCPM
- cone photoreceptor cells: 56 nCPM
- neutrophil progenitors: 53 nCPM
- rod photoreceptor cells: 42 nCPM
- myonuclei: 39 nCPM
- adrenal cortex cells: 36 nCPM
Immune cell
- NK-cell: 1.5 nTPM
- neutrophil: 1.3 nTPM
- basophil: 0.7 nTPM
- eosinophil: 0.4 nTPM
- naive CD4 T-cell: 0.4 nTPM
- classical monocyte: 0.3 nTPM
Brain region
- cerebral cortex: 80 nTPM
- amygdala: 59 nTPM
- cerebellum: 58 nTPM
- thalamus: 57 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 55 nTPM
- white matter: 55 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about KMT2D.
Disease | AllUniProt
Conditions KMT2D is implicated in, by any mechanism.
- Kabuki syndrome 1 (KABUK1) MIM:147920
- Branchial arch abnormalities, choanal atresia, athelia, hearing loss, and hypothyroidism syndrome (BCAHH) MIM:620186
Disease | GeneticClinVar
1,046 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 7,470 ClinVar records.
Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.
- Kabuki syndrome 1
- Kabuki syndrome
- Inborn genetic diseases
- KMT2D-related disorder
- Choanal atresia-athelia-hypothyroidism-delayed puberty-short stature syndrome
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)
- 0.1
- gnomAD pLI
- 1
- gnomAD missense Z
- 3.73
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.36
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- heterochromatin formation
- methylation
- oocyte growth
- oogenesis
- positive regulation of cell population proliferation
- positive regulation of intracellular estrogen receptor signaling pathway
- positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
- regulation of DNA-templated transcription
- response to estrogen
- beta-catenin-TCF complex assembly
Molecular functions
- DNA binding
- histone H3K4 methyltransferase activity
- histone H3K4 monomethyltransferase activity
- transcription cis-regulatory region binding
- transcription coactivator activity
- zinc ion binding
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- SET domain
- Zinc finger, RING-type
- Zinc finger, PHD-type
- Post-SET domain
- FY-rich, N-terminal
- FY-rich, C-terminal
- High mobility group box domain
- Zinc finger, FYVE/PHD-type
- Zinc finger, RING/FYVE/PHD-type
- Zinc finger, PHD-finger
- Extended PHD (ePHD) domain
- High mobility group box domain superfamily
- SET domain superfamily
- PHD-finger
- SET domain
- F/Y-rich N-terminus
- F/Y rich C-terminus
- PHD-like zinc-binding domain
- PHD-zinc-finger like domain
- KMT2D, SET domain
- KMT2D, ePHD1 domain
- KMT2D, ePHD2 domain
- KMT2D, PHD5 domain
- KMT2D, PHD3 domain
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of KMT2D 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 KMT2D as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against KMT2D could matter depends on whether native KMT2D is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
KMT2D 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 KMT2D as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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