Term Information

Accession
GO:0140942
Name
histone H3K9 dimethyltransferase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
histone H3K9 dimethylase activity, histone H3K9 mono/dimethylase activity, histone lysine N-dimethyltransferase activity (H3-K9 specific), histone H3-K9 dimethylation, histone H3K9 dimethylation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: L-lysyl9-[histone H3] + 2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine = 2 H+ + N6,N6-dimethyl-L-lysyl9-[histone H3] + 2 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine. This reaction is the successive addition of two methyl groups to the unmethylated lysine residue at position 9 of histone H3, producing histone H3K9me2. Source: RHEA:64444
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0140942 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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histone H3K9 dimethyltransferase activity [is_a relation] is_a  histone H3K9 methyltransferase activity (GO:0046974)

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EC
2.1.1.368
RHEA
64444