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Published in final edited form as: Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol. 2021 Oct 2;57(1):73–112. doi: 10.1080/10409238.2021.1979457

Table 1.

Driver mutations of chromatin modifying enzymes in intellectual disability disorders

Gene Gene OMIM Syndrome OMIM Gene Function
CBP 600140 Menke-Hennekam syndrome 1/Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome 1 618332/180849 Histone acetyltransferase
P300 602700 Menke-Hennekam syndrome 2/ Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome 2 618333/613684 Histone acetyltransferase
KAT6A 601408 Arboleda-Tham syndrome 616268 Histone acetyltransferase
KAT6B 602303 Say-Barber-Biesecker-Young-Simpson / Genitopatellar syndrome 603736 / 606170 Histone acetyltransferase
BRPF1 602410 Intellectual developmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and ptosis 617333 Histone acetyltransferase complex subunit
KANSU 612452 Koolen-De Vries syndrome 610443 Histone acetyltransferase complex subunit
HDAC2 605164 Cornelia de Lange syndrome n/a Histone deacetylase
HDAC4 605314 Brachydactyly mental retardation 600430 Histone deacetylase
HDAC6 300272 X-linked dominant Chondrodysplasia 300863 Histone deacetylase
HDAC8 300269 Cornelia de Lange syndrome 5 300882 Histone deacetylase
KMT2A 159555 Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome 605130 Histone lysine methytransferase
KMT2B 606834 Dystonia 28, childhood-onset 617284 Histone lysine methytransferase
KMT2C 606833 Kleefstra syndrome 2 617768 Histone lysine methytransferase
KMT2D 602113 Kabuki syndrome 1 147920 Histone lysine methytransferase
KMT2E 608444 O’Donnell-Luria-Rodan syndrome 618512 Histone lysine methytransferase
SETD1A 611052 Neurodevelopmental disorder with speech impairment and dysmorphic facies / Eariy-onset Epilepsy 619056 / 618832 Histone lysine methytransferase
SETD1B 611055 Intellectual developmental disorder with seizures and language delay 619000 Histone lysine methytransferase
EHMT1 607001 Kleefstra syndrome 1 610253 Histone lysine methytransferase
NSD1 606681 Sotos syndrome 1 117550 Histone lysine methytransferase
NSD2 602952 Wolf-Hirschhom syndrome 194190 Histone lysine methytransferase
SETD2 612778 Luscan-Lumish syndrome 616831 Histone lysine methytransferase
SETD5 615743 Mental retardation, autosomal dominant 23 615761 Histone lysine methytransferase
EZH2 601573 Weaver syndrome 277590 Histone lysine methytransferase
SUZ12 606245 Imagawa-Matsumoto syndrome 618786 PRC2 subunit
EED 605984 Cohen-Gibson syndrome 617561 PRC2 subunit
KDM1A 609132 Cleft palate, psychomotor retardation, and distinctive facial features 616728 Histone lysine demethylase
KDM5B 605393 Mental retardation, autosomal recessive 65 618109 Histone lysine demethylase
KDM5C 314690 Mental retardation, X-linked, syndromic, Claes-Jensen type 300534 Histone lysine demethylase
KDM6A 300128 Kabuki syndrome 2 300867 Histone lysine demethylase
PHF8 300560 Mental retardation syndrome, X-linked, Siderius type 300263 Histone lysine demethylase
CHD1 602118 Pilarowski-Bjomsson syndrome 617682 ATP-dependent Chromatin remodeler
CHD2 602119 Childhood-onset Epileptic Encephalopathy 615369 ATP-dependent Chromatin remodeler
CHD3 602120 Snijders Blok-Campeau syndrome 618205 ATP-dependent Chromatin remodeler
CHD4 603277 Sifrim-Hitz-Weiss syndrome 617159 ATP-dependent Chromatin remodeler
CHD7 608892 CHARGE syndrome 214800 ATP-dependent Chromatin remodeler
ARIDIb 614556 Coffin-Siris syndrome 1 135900 ATP-dependent Chromatin remodeler
ARIDIa 603024 Coffin-Siris syndrome 2 614607 BAF subunit
BAF47 601607 Coffin-Siris syndrome 3 614608 BAF subunit
BRG1 603254 Coffin-Siris syndrome 4 614609 ATP-dependent Chromatin remodeler
BAF57 603111 Coffin-Siris syndrome 5 616938 BAF subunit
ARID2 609539 Coffin-Siris syndrome 6 617808 BAF subunit
DPF2 601671 Coffin-Siris syndrome 7 618027 BAF subunit
BAF60A 601735 Coffin-Siris syndrome 11 618779 BAF subunit
BRM 600014 Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome 601358 BAF subunit
BAF53b 612458 IDD with severe speech and ambulation defects / Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 76 618470 / 618468 BAF subunit
ACTL6A 604958 n/a n/a BAF subunit
BPTF 601819 Neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and distal limb anomalies 617755 Chromatin remodeller
HIST1H1E 142220 Rahman syndrome 817537 Linker Histone
HIST1H4C 602827 unclassified n/a Canonical histone
HIST1H4J 602826 unclassified n/a Canonical histone
H3F3A 601128 Unclassified n/a Histone variant
H3F3B 601058 Unclassified n/a Histone variant