Gene Review:
KMT2A - lysine (K)-specific methyltransferase 2A
Homo sapiens
Synonyms:
ALL-1, ALL1, CXXC-type zinc finger protein 7, CXXC7, HRX, ...
- EEN encodes for a member of a new family of proteins containing an Src homology 3 domain and is the third gene located on chromosome 19p13 that fuses to MLL in human leukemia. So, C.W., Caldas, C., Liu, M.M., Chen, S.J., Huang, Q.H., Gu, L.J., Sham, M.H., Wiedemann, L.M., Chan, L.C. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1997)
- Panhandle PCR for cDNA: a rapid method for isolation of MLL fusion transcripts involving unknown partner genes. Megonigal, M.D., Rappaport, E.F., Wilson, R.B., Jones, D.H., Whitlock, J.A., Ortega, J.A., Slater, D.J., Nowell, P.C., Felix, C.A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2000)
- The MLL fusion gene, MLL-AF4, regulates cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor CDKN1B (p27kip1) expression. Xia, Z.B., Popovic, R., Chen, J., Theisler, C., Stuart, T., Santillan, D.A., Erfurth, F., Diaz, M.O., Zeleznik-Le, N.J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2005)
- MSF (MLL septin-like fusion), a fusion partner gene of MLL, in a therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia with a t(11;17)(q23;q25). Osaka, M., Rowley, J.D., Zeleznik-Le, N.J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1999)
- Gene expression signatures in MLL-rearranged T-lineage and B-precursor acute leukemias: dominance of HOX dysregulation. Ferrando, A.A., Armstrong, S.A., Neuberg, D.S., Sallan, S.E., Silverman, L.B., Korsmeyer, S.J., Look, A.T. Blood (2003)
- Bimodal degradation of MLL by SCFSkp2 and APCCdc20 assures cell cycle execution: a critical regulatory circuit lost in leukemogenic MLL fusions. Liu, H., Cheng, E.H., Hsieh, J.J. Genes Dev. (2007)
- Retrospective comparison of qualitative and quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in diagnosing and monitoring the ALL1-AF4 fusion transcript in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Elia, L., Gottardi, E., Floriddia, G., Grillo, R., Ciambelli, F., Luciani, M., Chiusolo, P., Invernizzi, R., Meloni, G., Foà, R., Saglio, G., Cimino, G. Leukemia (2004)
- Molecular mechanisms of leukemogenesis mediated by MLL fusion proteins. Ayton, P.M., Cleary, M.L. Oncogene (2001)
- hDOT1L links histone methylation to leukemogenesis. Okada, Y., Feng, Q., Lin, Y., Jiang, Q., Li, Y., Coffield, V.M., Su, L., Xu, G., Zhang, Y. Cell (2005)
- Taspase1: a threonine aspartase required for cleavage of MLL and proper HOX gene expression. Hsieh, J.J., Cheng, E.H., Korsmeyer, S.J. Cell (2003)
- MLL translocations specify a distinct gene expression profile that distinguishes a unique leukemia. Armstrong, S.A., Staunton, J.E., Silverman, L.B., Pieters, R., den Boer, M.L., Minden, M.D., Sallan, S.E., Lander, E.S., Golub, T.R., Korsmeyer, S.J. Nat. Genet. (2002)
- t(3;11) translocation in treatment-related acute myeloid leukemia fuses MLL with the GMPS (GUANOSINE 5' MONOPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE) gene. Pegram, L.D., Megonigal, M.D., Lange, B.J., Nowell, P.C., Rowley, J.D., Rappaport, E.F., Felix, C.A. Blood (2000)
- Comparative analysis of MLL partial tandem duplication and FLT3 internal tandem duplication mutations in 956 adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Steudel, C., Wermke, M., Schaich, M., Schäkel, U., Illmer, T., Ehninger, G., Thiede, C. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (2003)
- Human leukemias with mutated FLT3 kinase are synergistically sensitive to FLT3 and Hsp90 inhibitors: the key role of the STAT5 signal transduction pathway. Yao, Q., Nishiuchi, R., Kitamura, T., Kersey, J.H. Leukemia (2005)
- A serine/proline-rich protein is fused to HRX in t(4;11) acute leukemias. Morrissey, J., Tkachuk, D.C., Milatovich, A., Francke, U., Link, M., Cleary, M.L. Blood (1993)
- Protective roles of redox-active protein thioredoxin-1 for severe acute pancreatitis. Ohashi, S., Nishio, A., Nakamura, H., Kido, M., Ueno, S., Uza, N., Inoue, S., Kitamura, H., Kiriya, K., Asada, M., Tamaki, H., Matsuura, M., Kawasaki, K., Fukui, T., Watanabe, N., Nakase, H., Yodoi, J., Okazaki, K., Chiba, T. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. (2006)
- Cloning of ELL, a gene that fuses to MLL in a t(11;19)(q23;p13.1) in acute myeloid leukemia. Thirman, M.J., Levitan, D.A., Kobayashi, H., Simon, M.C., Rowley, J.D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1994)
- The human formin-binding protein 17 (FBP17) interacts with sorting nexin, SNX2, and is an MLL-fusion partner in acute myelogeneous leukemia. Fuchs, U., Rehkamp, G., Haas, O.A., Slany, R., Kōnig, M., Bojesen, S., Bohle, R.M., Damm-Welk, C., Ludwig, W.D., Harbott, J., Borkhardt, A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2001)
- ELL-associated factor 2 (EAF2), a functional homolog of EAF1 with alternative ELL binding properties. Simone, F., Luo, R.T., Polak, P.E., Kaberlein, J.J., Thirman, M.J. Blood (2003)
- Prenatal and postnatal myeloid cells demonstrate stepwise progression in the pathogenesis of MLL fusion gene leukemia. Johnson, J.J., Chen, W., Hudson, W., Yao, Q., Taylor, M., Rabbitts, T.H., Kersey, J.H. Blood (2003)
- SN-1, a novel leukemic cell line with t(11;16)(q23;p13): myeloid characteristics and resistance to retinoids and vitamin D3. Hayashi, Y., Honma, Y., Niitsu, N., Taki, T., Bessho, F., Sako, M., Mori, T., Yanagisawa, M., Tsuji, K., Nakahata, T. Cancer Res. (2000)
- The HRX proto-oncogene product is widely expressed in human tissues and localizes to nuclear structures. Butler, L.H., Slany, R., Cui, X., Cleary, M.L., Mason, D.Y. Blood (1997)
- MLL repression domain interacts with histone deacetylases, the polycomb group proteins HPC2 and BMI-1, and the corepressor C-terminal-binding protein. Xia, Z.B., Anderson, M., Diaz, M.O., Zeleznik-Le, N.J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2003)
- FLT3 mutations in the activation loop of tyrosine kinase domain are frequently found in infant ALL with MLL rearrangements and pediatric ALL with hyperdiploidy. Taketani, T., Taki, T., Sugita, K., Furuichi, Y., Ishii, E., Hanada, R., Tsuchida, M., Sugita, K., Ida, K., Hayashi, Y. Blood (2004)
- The MLL fusion partner AF10 binds GAS41, a protein that interacts with the human SWI/SNF complex. Debernardi, S., Bassini, A., Jones, L.K., Chaplin, T., Linder, B., de Bruijn, D.R., Meese, E., Young, B.D. Blood (2002)
- Hoxa9 and Meis1 are key targets for MLL-ENL-mediated cellular immortalization. Zeisig, B.B., Milne, T., García-Cuéllar, M.P., Schreiner, S., Martin, M.E., Fuchs, U., Borkhardt, A., Chanda, S.K., Walker, J., Soden, R., Hess, J.L., Slany, R.K. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2004)
- The interaction between EEN and Abi-1, two MLL fusion partners, and synaptojanin and dynamin: implications for leukaemogenesis. So, C.W., So, C.K., Cheung, N., Chew, S.L., Sham, M.H., Chan, L.C. Leukemia (2000)
- On the mechanism of multiple lysine methylation by the human mixed lineage leukemia protein-1 (MLL1) core complex. Patel, A., Dharmarajan, V., Vought, V.E., Cosgrove, M.S. J. Biol. Chem. (2009)
- The oncogenic capacity of HRX-ENL requires the transcriptional transactivation activity of ENL and the DNA binding motifs of HRX. Slany, R.K., Lavau, C., Cleary, M.L. Mol. Cell. Biol. (1998)
- Leukemia proto-oncoprotein MLL forms a SET1-like histone methyltransferase complex with menin to regulate Hox gene expression. Yokoyama, A., Wang, Z., Wysocka, J., Sanyal, M., Aufiero, D.J., Kitabayashi, I., Herr, W., Cleary, M.L. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2004)
- Chimeric MLL products with a Ras binding cytoplasmic protein AF6 involved in t(6;11) (q27;q23) leukemia localize in the nucleus. Joh, T., Yamamoto, K., Kagami, Y., Kakuda, H., Sato, T., Yamamoto, T., Takahashi, T., Ueda, R., Kaibuchi, K., Seto, M. Oncogene (1997)
- Synergistic action of MLL, a TRX protein with template activating factor-I, a histone chaperone. Shimoyama, T., Kato, K., Miyaji-Yamaguchi, M., Nagata, K. FEBS Lett. (2005)
- AF10 is split by MLL and HEAB, a human homolog to a putative Caenorhabditis elegans ATP/GTP-binding protein in an invins(10;11)(p12;q23q12). Tanabe, S., Bohlander, S.K., Vignon, C.V., Espinosa, R., Zhao, N., Strissel, P.L., Zeleznik-Le, N.J., Rowley, J.D. Blood (1996)
- Secondary acute leukaemias with 11q23 rearrangement: clinical, cytogenetic, FISH and FICTION studies. Zhang, Y., Poetsch, M., Weber-Matthiesen, K., Rohde, K., Winkemann, M., Haferlach, T., Gassmann, W., Ludwig, W.D., Grote, W., Löffler, H., Schlegelberger, B. Br. J. Haematol. (1996)
- A polymorphism in the toll-like receptor 2 is associated with IL-12 production from monocyte in lepromatous leprosy. Kang, T.J., Lee, S.B., Chae, G.T. Cytokine (2002)
- Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of nondepleting anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody (TRX1) in healthy human volunteers. Ng, C.M., Stefanich, E., Anand, B.S., Fielder, P.J., Vaickus, L. Pharm. Res. (2006)
- Genotoxicity of etoposide: greater susceptibility of MLL than other target genes. Ng, A., Taylor, G.M., Eden, O.B. Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. (2006)
- Prospective tracing of MLL-FRYL clone with low MEIS1 expression from emergence during neuroblastoma treatment to diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome. Robinson, B.W., Cheung, N.K., Kolaris, C.P., Jhanwar, S.C., Choi, J.K., Osheroff, N., Felix, C.A. Blood (2008)
- All patients with the T(11;16)(q23;p13.3) that involves MLL and CBP have treatment-related hematologic disorders. Rowley, J.D., Reshmi, S., Sobulo, O., Musvee, T., Anastasi, J., Raimondi, S., Schneider, N.R., Barredo, J.C., Cantu, E.S., Schlegelberger, B., Behm, F., Doggett, N.A., Borrow, J., Zeleznik-Le, N. Blood (1997)
- A novel chromosomal inversion at 11q23 in infant acute myeloid leukemia fuses MLL to CALM, a gene that encodes a clathrin assembly protein. Wechsler, D.S., Engstrom, L.D., Alexander, B.M., Motto, D.G., Roulston, D. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (2003)
- GPHN, a novel partner gene fused to MLL in a leukemia with t(11;14)(q23;q24). Eguchi, M., Eguchi-Ishimae, M., Seto, M., Morishita, K., Suzuki, K., Ueda, R., Ueda, K., Kamada, N., Greaves, M. Genes Chromosomes Cancer (2001)