MSL2
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: MSL2
- Official Name: MSL complex subunit 2
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 55167
- UniProt: Q9HCI7
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Component of histone acetyltransferase complex responsible for the majority of histone H4 acetylation at lysine 16 which is implicated in the formation of higher-order chromatin structure. Acts as an E3 ubiquitin ligase that promotes monoubiquitination of histone H2B at 'Lys-35' (H2BK34Ub), but not that of H2A. This activity is greatly enhanced by heterodimerization with MSL1. H2B ubiquitination in turn stimulates histine H3 methylation at 'Lys-4' (H3K4me) and 'Lys-79' (H3K79me) and leads to gene activation, including that of HOXA9 and MEIS1. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21726816}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 17532
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 6.82