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. 2020 Dec 18;140(4):625–647. doi: 10.1007/s00439-020-02231-6

Table 2.

Chromatin-remodeling proteins, nomenclature and substrate specificity

Histone methyltransferases
Histone and residue me3 me2 me1
H3 lysine-36

NSD3

SETD2*

NSD1*

NSD3

SETD2*

NSD1*

SETD2*

Cases 1, 2

Case 19

Cases 11, 23, 24, 24, 26

H3 lysine-4

SMYD3*

SETD1B*

SMYD3 *

NSD3

SETD1B*

KMT2E*

SETD1B*

KMT2E*

Cases 17, 18

Case 19

Cases 27, 28, 29

Case 35

H3 lysine-9 SETDB1* EHMT1* SETDB1* EHMT1* SETDB1*

Case 30

Case 21

H3 lysine-27 NSD3 Case 19
H4 lysine-20 KMT5A* Case 34
Histone demethylases
Histone and residue me3 me2 me1
H3 lysine-4 KDM5B* KDM5B* KDM5B* Case 20
H3 lysine-27 KDM6B# KDM6B# Case 33
Histone acetyltransferase
 Histone acetyltransferase activity EP300* Acetylates all four core histones in nucleosomes Case 16
 Histone H3 acetyltransferase activity BRPF1* Stimulates acetyltransferase and transcriptional activity Case 22
Histone methylation
 DNA-binding protein SETBP1* Bind the SET nuclear oncogene which is involved in DNA replication Case 32
Histone proteins
 Histone H1

HIST1H1D*

HIST1H1E*

HIST1H2BH*

Bind to linker DNA between nucleosomes forming the chromatin fiber

Case 30

Case 31

Case 31

me1 mono-methylation, me2 di-methylation, me3 tri-methylation

*Heterozygous

#Biallelic