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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Treat Rev. 2013 Jul 5;40(1):10.1016/j.ctrv.2013.05.009. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2013.05.009

Table 6.

Histone Lysine Methyl Transferases: Nomenclature and Substrate Specificity.

NOMENCLATURE HMTs SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY
NEW OLD
KMT1A SUV39H1 H3K9
(P53 at K373 by KMTIC)
KMT1B SUV39H2
KMT1C G9a
KMT1D GLP
KMT1E ESET/SETDB1
KMT1F CLL8
KMT (2A-2F) MLL (1-5) H3K36
KMT2G hSET1A
KMT2H ASH
KMT3A SET2 H3K36
KMT3B NSD1
KMT3C SYMD2 H3K36
P53 (K370), RB (K860)
KMT5A PRESET7/8 H4K20
KMT5B SUV4-20H1
KMT5C SUV4-20H1
KMT6 EZH2 H3K27
KMT7 SET7/9 H3K4/P53
KMT8A RIZ1 H3K9
KMT8B PRDM9 H3K4me3
KMT8C PRDM6 H3K20 (+KMT1C)
KMT8D PRDM8 H3K9
KMT8E PRDM3
KMT8F PRDM16
KMT4 DOT1L H3K79