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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 9.

Histone Demetylases: Nomenclature and Substrate Specificity.

NOMENCLATURE HDMs SUBSTRATE
NEW OLD
KDM1A LSD1/AOF2 H3K4me2/me1; H3K9me2/me (AR)
KDM1B LSD2/AOF1 H3K4me2/me1
KDM2A FBXL11A, JHDM1A H3K36me2/me1
KDM2B FBXL10B, JHDM1B H3K36me2/me1; H3K4me3
KDM3A JMJB1A, JHDM2A H3K9me3/me1
KDM3B JMJB1B, JHDM2B
KDM4A JMJB2A, JHDM3A H3K9me3/me2

H3K36me3/me2
KDM4B JMJD2B
KDM4C JMJD2C, GASC1
KDM4D JMJD2D H3K9me3/me2/me1; H3K36me3/me2
KDM4E JMJD2E H3K9me3/me2
KDM5A JARID1A, RBP2 H3K4me3/me2
KDM5B JARID1B, PLU1
KDM5C JARID1C, SMCX
KDM5D JARID1D, SMCY
KDM6A UTX, MGC141941 H3K27me3/me2
KDM6B JMJD3, KIAA1111 H3K27me3/me2; H3K9me2/me1
H4K20me1
KDM7 KIAA1718 H3K4me2/me1
H3K27m2/me1
KDM8 JMJD5/ FLJ13798 H3K36me2