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MYST3

MYST histone acetyltransferase (monocytic leukemia) 3, also known as MYST3, is an enzyme that, in humans, is encoded by the MYST3 gene.[1][2]. This gene is located on the back wing of human chromosome 8, band 8p11.21. [3]

Function

MYST3 contains two nuclear localization domains, a C2HC3 zinc finger and an acetyltransferase domain. This structure suggests that MYST3 functions as a chromatin-bound acetyltransferase.[2] MYST3 is important for proper development of hematopoietic stem cells.[4]

Alternate Names

  • KAT6A
  • MOZ
  • MRD32
  • MYST-3
  • ZNF220
  • RUNXBP2
  • ZC2HC6A

References

  1. “Entrez Gene: MYST3 MYST histone acetyltransferase (monocytic leukemia) 3”.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Borrow J, Stanton VP, Andresen JM, Becher R, Behm FG, Chaganti RS, Civin CI, Disteche C, Dubé I, Frischauf AM, Horsman D, Mitelman F, Volinia S, Watmore AE, Housman DE (September 1996). “The translocation t(8;16)(p11;p13) of acute myeloid leukaemia fuses a putative acetyltransferase to the CREB-binding protein”. Nat. Genet. 14 (1): 33–41. doi:10.1038/ng0996-33. PMID 8782817.
  3. – KAT6A NCBI
  4. Yang XJ, Ullah M (August 2007). “MOZ and MORF, two large MYSTic HATs in normal and cancer stem cells”. Oncogene. 26 (37): 5408–19. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1210609. PMID 17694082.

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