SMYD3 Antibody

SMYD3,also name as ZMYND1 and ZNFN3A1, belongs to the histone-lysine methyltransferase family.It is a histone methyltransferase that plays an important role in transcriptional regulation in human carcinogenesis. It can specifically methylate histone H3 at lysine 4 and activate the transcription of a set of downstream genes, including several oncogenes (e.g., N-myc, CrkL, Wnt10b, RIZ and hTERT) and genes involved in the control of cell cycle.(PMID: 20957523). It plays an important role in transcriptional activation as a member of an RNA polymerase complex. SMYD3 is frequently overexpressed in different types of cancer cells. It functions as a coactivator of Era and potentiates Era activity in response to ligand. SMYD3 as a new coactivator for ER-mediated transcription, providing a possible link between SMYD3 overexpression and breast cancer. (PMID: 19509295) The common variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism in SMYD3 is a susceptibility factor for some types of human cancer. (PMID:16155568 ) .