Lysine-specific demethylase 4A

KDM4A belongs to the JHDM3 family of demethylase proteins. JMJD2A is known to catalyse the demethylation of H3K9me3 and H3K36me3 to di- and mono-methylated state but not to the unmethylated state (PMID: 16603238). It associates with retinoblastoma protein (pRb) and regulates E2F target genes, demonstrating its role in oncogenesis (PMID: 15927959). JMJD2A is reported to interact with N-CoR (nuclear receptor corepressor) and regulate the expression of human achaete scute-like homologue 2 (ASCL2/Hash2) gene which is important for fetoplacental development (PMID: 16024779). JMJD2A is expressed in a cell cycle dependent manner and is reported to timely regulate DNA replication by inhibiting the HP1 gamma occupancy on the chromatin (PMID: 21145482).

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Lysine-specific demethylase 4A infosheet
UniprotKB AccessionO75164
Alternative Name(s)JmjC domain-containing histone demethylation protein 3A, Jumonji domain-containing protein 2A
Eraser for PTM/s H3K9me3, H3K36me3
EC number 1.14.11.-
No. of coding genesLysine-specific demethylase 4A is coded by following 1 non-allelic gene/s
Gene namelysine (K)-specific demethylase 4A
Gene symbolKDM4A
Promoter region (-700 TSS +300)Get sequence
Previous Symbol/sJMJD2, JMJD2A
AliasesKIAA0677, JHDM3A
GeneID9682
Chromosomal location1p34.1
HGNC22978
UnigeneHs.155983
MIM609764
RefSeq mRNANM_014663.2
RefSeq ProteinNP_055478.2
Disease associations
Cancer: Prostrate cancer; PMID: 20607829

Lysine demethylases Histone lysine demethylase PHF8, Lysine-specific demethylase 2A, Lysine-specific demethylase 2B, Lysine-specific demethylase 3A, Lysine-specific demethylase 3B, Lysine-specific demethylase 4A, Lysine-specific demethylase 4B, Lysine-specific demethylase 4C, Lysine-specific demethylase 4D, Lysine-specific demethylase 5A, Lysine-specific demethylase 5B, Lysine-specific demethylase 5C, Lysine-specific demethylase 5D, Lysine-specific demethylase 6A, Lysine-specific demethylase 6B, Lysine-specific demethylase 7, Lysine-specific demethylase 8, Lysine-specific demethylase NO66, Lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A, Lysine-specific histone demethylase 1B