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ReviewMolecular and cellular biology2020

Lysine Demethylase KDM6A in Differentiation, Development, and Cancer.

Nhien Tran, Aaron Broun, Kai Ge

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Review in Molecular and cellular biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers.

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90citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 172 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nhien TranLaboratory of Endocrinology and Receptor Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5009-9323
Aaron BrounLaboratory of Endocrinology and Receptor Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Kai GeLaboratory of Endocrinology and Receptor Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA kai.ge@nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-7442-5138
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lysine demethylase 6A (KDM6A), also known as UTX, belongs to the KDM6 family of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27) demethylases, which also includes UTY and KDM6B (JMJD3). The KDM6A protein contains six tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domains and an enzymatic Jumonji C (JmjC) domain that catalyzes the removal of di- and trimethylation on H3K27. KDM6A physically associates with histone H3 lysine 4 monomethyltransferases MLL3 (KMT2C) and MLL4 (KMT2D). Since its identification as an H3K27 demethylase in 2007, studies have reported KDM6A's critical roles in cell differentiation, development, and cancer. KDM6A is important for differentiation of embryonic stem cells and development of various tissues. Mutations of KDM6A cause Kabuki syndrome. KDM6A is frequently mutated in cancers and functions as a tumor suppressor. KDM6A is redundant with UTY and functions largely independently of its demethylase activity. It regulates gene expression, likely through the associated transcription factors and MLL3/4 on enhancers. However, KDM6A enzymatic activity is required in certain cellular contexts. Functional redundancy between H3K27 demethylase activities of KDM6A and KDM6B

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Catalytic DomainCell DifferentiationChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyEmbryonic Stem CellsGene Expression RegulationGenes, Tumor SuppressorHistone DemethylasesHumansJumonji Domain-Containing Histone DemethylasesNeoplasmsNuclear ProteinsHistone DemethylasesJumonji Domain-Containing Histone DemethylasesKDM6A protein, humanKDM6B protein, humanNuclear Proteinscancercell differentiationdevelopmentenhancer regulationgene expressionH3K27 demethylaseKDM6AKDM6A/UTX/H3K27 demethylase/enhancer regulation/gene expressionUTX

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PMID32817139
PMCPMC7523656
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