Synonyms:ENTREZ:6419, HGNC:10762, METNASE, MIM:609834, Mar1, NM_001243723, NM_001276325, NM_001320676, NM_001320677, NM_001320678, NM_006515, NP_001230652, NP_001263254, NP_001307605, NP_001307606, NP_001307607, NP_006506, NR_024022, SET domain and mariner transposase fusion gene, SETMAR, XM_006713292, XM_006713294, XP_006713355, XP_006713357
Id:ENSG00000170364
Description:SET and mariner transposase domain methyltransferase
This gene encodes a fusion protein that contains an N-terminal histone-lysine N-methyltransferase domain and a C-terminal mariner transposase domain. The encoded protein binds DNA and functions in DNA repair activities including non-homologous end joining and double strand break repair. The SET domain portion of this protein specifically methylates histone H3 lysines 4 and 36. This gene exists as a fusion gene only in anthropoid primates, other organisms lack mariner transposase domain. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2013]