SET domain containing 5 is a
protein
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that in humans is encoded by the SETD5
gene
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It is a member of the histone lysine methyltransferase family.
Overexpression of SETD5 is associated positively with progression of breast cancer.
Mutations in SETD5 are associated with a rare developmental disorder termed autosomal dominant mental retardation-23 (MRD23, MIM#615761).
[Grozeva, D., Carss, K., Spasic-Boskovic, O., Parker, M. J., Archer, H., Firth, H. V., Park, S. M., Canham, N., Holder, S. E., Wilson, M., Hackett, A., Field, M., Floyd, J. A., UK10K Consortium, Hurles, M., & Raymond, F. L. (2014). De novo loss-of-function mutations in SETD5, encoding a methyltransferase in a 3p25 microdeletion syndrome critical region, cause intellectual disability. American Journal of Human Genetics, 94, 618–624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.03.006] MRD23 is mainly characterized by variable congenital defects and dysmorphic facies. Clinical features include developmental delay, intellectual disability, chewing abnormalities, hypospadias, and cryptorchidism in males in association with craniofacial dysmorphisms.
Model organisms
Model organism
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s have been used in the study of SETD5 function. A conditional
knockout mouse
A knockout mouse, or knock-out mouse, is a genetically modified mouse (''Mus musculus'') in which researchers have inactivated, or "knocked out", an existing gene by replacing it or disrupting it with an artificial piece of DNA. They are importan ...
line called ''Setd5
tm1a(EUCOMM)Wtsi'' was generated at the
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
The Wellcome Sanger Institute, previously known as The Sanger Centre and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, is a non-profit British genomics and genetics research institute, primarily funded by the Wellcome Trust.
It is located on the Wellcome G ...
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Male and female animals underwent a standardized
phenotypic screen
In genetics, the phenotype () is the set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism. The term covers the organism's morphology or physical form and structure, its developmental processes, its biochemical and physiological proper ...
to determine the effects of deletion.
Additional screens performed: - In-depth immunological phenotyping
References
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