UniProt Summary: Component of heterochromatin. Recognizes and binds histone H3 tails methylated at 'Lys-9', leading to epigenetic repression. Interaction with lamin B receptor (LBR) can contribute to the association of the heterochromatin with the inner nuclear membrane.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
Chromo shadow
Chromo
GO Terms
histone methyltransferase binding
male pronucleus
female pronucleus
chromocenter
pericentric heterochromatin
site of DNA damage
nuclear heterochromatin
chromosome, centromeric region
nuclear chromosome, telomeric region
chromatin
spindle
enzyme binding
chromatin binding
cellular response to DNA damage stimulus
protein homodimerization activity
negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
negative regulation of nucleic acid-templated transcription
negative regulation of RNA biosynthetic process
negative regulation of RNA metabolic process
negative regulation of cellular macromolecule biosynthetic process
negative regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
negative regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process
negative regulation of cellular biosynthetic process
negative regulation of biosynthetic process
cellular response to stress
negative regulation of gene expression
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)