NCBI Accession #
NP_001078702.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001085233.2
NCBI Official Full Name
SET-domain containing protein lysine methyltransferase family protein
NCBI Official Symbol
SUVR2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
MRH10.10; MRH10_10; SDG18; SET DOMAIN PROTEIN 18
NCBI Protein Information
SET-domain containing protein lysine methyltransferase family protein
NCBI Summary
Encodes SUVR2, one of the four closely related Arabidopsis SUVR proteins that belong to the SU(VAR)3-9 subgroup of SET-domain proteins. Proteins containing the evolutionarily conserved SET domain are involved in regulation of eukaryotic gene expression and chromatin structure through their histone lysine methyltransferase (HMTase) activity. SUVR1, SUVR2 and SUVR4 proteins contain a novel domain at their N-terminus, and a SUVR specific region preceding the SET domain. Localized to the nucleolus, maybe involved in regulation of rRNA expression.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
SDG18; SET18; Su(var)3-9-related protein 2
UniProt Protein Name
Probable inactive histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SUVR2
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Protein SET DOMAIN GROUP 18; Suppressor of variegation 3-9-related protein 2; Su(var)3-9-related protein 2
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9FNC7
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q0WKU5; Q941L4
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9FNC7
UniProt Comments
Probable inactive histone-lysine methyltransferase that acts as regulator of transctiptional gene silencing independently of histone H3K9 methylation. Contributes to transcriptional gene silencing at RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) target loci but also at RdDM-independent target loci. Forms a complex with SUVR1 and associates with the SNF2-related chromatin-remodeling proteins CHR19, CHR27, and CHR28, thereby mediating nucleosome positioning and transcriptional silencing. Does not possess histone-lysine methyltransferase activity in vitro, and the conserved catalytic sites of SUVR2 are dispensable for its function in transcriptional gene silencing.