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KMT2D lysine methyltransferase 2D

ENSG00000167548 · protein coding · Open Targets profile

Histone methyltransferase that catalyzes methyl group transfer from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the epsilon-amino group of 'Lys-4' of histone H3 (H3K4) (PubMed:25561738). Part of chromatin remodeling machinery predominantly forms H3K4me1 methylation marks at active chromatin sites where transcription and DNA repair take place (PubMed:17500065, PubMed:25561738). Acts as a coactivator for estrogen receptor by being recruited by ESR1, thereby activating transcription (PubMed:16603732). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16603732, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17500065, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25561738}.

In 15 of 15 cancers, the evidence for KMT2D comes mainly from mutations found in tumours

Each row is a cancer, strongest overall evidence first. The two dots show how strong the inherited (germline) and tumour-mutation (somatic) evidence is; the line between them is the gap.

Inherited (germline) variantsMutations in tumours (somatic)
00.250.50.751diffuse large B-cell lymphomadiffuse large B-cell lymphomadiffuse large B-cell lymphoma: somatic 0.81head and neck squamous cell carcinomahead and neck squamous cell carcinomahead and neck squamous cell carcinoma: somatic 0.81prostate adenocarcinomaprostate adenocarcinomaprostate adenocarcinoma: somatic 0.82squamous cell lung carcinomasquamous cell lung carcinomasquamous cell lung carcinoma: somatic 0.78medulloblastomamedulloblastomamedulloblastoma: somatic 0.80urinary bladder cancerurinary bladder cancerurinary bladder cancer: somatic 0.89cervical squamous cell carcinomacervical squamous cell carcinomacervical squamous cell carcinoma: somatic 0.69gastric adenocarcinomagastric adenocarcinomagastric adenocarcinoma: somatic 0.62esophageal canceresophageal canceresophageal cancer: somatic 0.76lymphomalymphomalymphoma: somatic 0.59small cell lung carcinomasmall cell lung carcinomasmall cell lung carcinoma: somatic 0.59pancreatic adenocarcinomapancreatic adenocarcinomapancreatic adenocarcinoma: somatic 0.73anal squamous cell carcinomaanal squamous cell carcinomaanal squamous cell carcinoma: somatic 0.58lymphoid neoplasmlymphoid neoplasmlymphoid neoplasm: somatic 0.56non-small cell lung carcinomanon-small cell lung carcinomanon-small cell lung carcinoma: somatic 0.54

Scores run from 0 (no evidence) to 1 (strongest). A missing dot at 0 means Open Targets holds no evidence of that kind. Source: Open Targets Platform, fetched live.

Tractability

Small molecule
Structure with Ligand
Antibody
Human Protein Atlas loc
PROTAC
UniProt Ubiquitination, Database Ubiquitination, Half-life Data

gnomAD loss of function constraint: o/e 0.10728000104427338 (upper bound 0.13429999351501465). Low values mean loss of function is poorly tolerated, a safety flag for inhibition.

Who runs trials of these drugs

No named investigators on registry trials of KMT2D's approved or late-stage drugs in the last three years.

No terminated, withdrawn or suspended trials of KMT2D's drugs are registered

All 0 drugs and clinical candidates as a table

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DrugTypeHighest stageIndicationsSource records
No drugs or clinical candidates recorded.