EHMT2, Official Symbol EHMT2provided by HGNC Official Full Name euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferase 2provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:14129 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000204371 MIM:604599; AllianceGenome:HGNC:14129 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as G9A; BAT8; GAT8; NG36; KMT1C; C6orf30 Summary This gene encodes a methyltransferase that methylates lysine residues of histone H3. Methylation of H3 at lysine 9 by this protein results in recruitment of additional epigenetic regulators and repression of transcription. This gene was initially thought to be two different genes, NG36 and G9a, adjacent to each other in the HLA locus. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016] Expression Ubiquitous expression in ovary (RPKM 14.8), testis (RPKM 14.4) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all