Synonyms: UNC 0321 | UNC-0321
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: UNC0321 was the first reported picomolar inhibitor of the histone methyltransferase, G9a (eq. euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2, EHMT2) [3]. G9a catalyses methylation of lysine 9 of histone H3 (H3K9) and lysine 373 (K373) of the tumour suppressor, p53 [1], and is reported to be overexpressed in human cancers.
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References |
1. Huang J, Dorsey J, Chuikov S, Pérez-Burgos L, Zhang X, Jenuwein T, Reinberg D, Berger SL. (2010)
G9a and Glp methylate lysine 373 in the tumor suppressor p53. J Biol Chem, 285 (13): 9636-41. [PMID:20118233] |
2. Kondo Y, Shen L, Ahmed S, Boumber Y, Sekido Y, Haddad BR, Issa JP. (2008)
Downregulation of histone H3 lysine 9 methyltransferase G9a induces centrosome disruption and chromosome instability in cancer cells. PLoS ONE, 3 (4): e2037. [PMID:18446223] |
3. Liu F, Chen X, Allali-Hassani A, Quinn AM, Wigle TJ, Wasney GA, Dong A, Senisterra G, Chau I, Siarheyeva A et al.. (2010)
Protein lysine methyltransferase G9a inhibitors: design, synthesis, and structure activity relationships of 2,4-diamino-7-aminoalkoxy-quinazolines. J Med Chem, 53 (15): 5844-57. [PMID:20614940] |
4. McGarvey KM, Fahrner JA, Greene E, Martens J, Jenuwein T, Baylin SB. (2006)
Silenced tumor suppressor genes reactivated by DNA demethylation do not return to a fully euchromatic chromatin state. Cancer Res, 66 (7): 3541-9. [PMID:16585178] |
5. Tachibana M, Sugimoto K, Nozaki M, Ueda J, Ohta T, Ohki M, Fukuda M, Takeda N, Niida H, Kato H et al.. (2002)
G9a histone methyltransferase plays a dominant role in euchromatic histone H3 lysine 9 methylation and is essential for early embryogenesis. Genes Dev, 16 (14): 1779-91. [PMID:12130538] |