Gene Information
Gene NameWHSC1
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1365
Protein NamesHistone-lysine N-methyltransferase NSD2 (EC 2.1.1.357) (Multiple myeloma SET domain-containing protein) (MMSET) (Nuclear SET domain-containing protein 2) (Protein trithorax-5) (Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 1 protein)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene AgeNA
Evolutionary StageNA
AlphaFoldDBO96028
Gene CardNSD2
Uniprot IDO96028
PfamPF17907; PF17982; PF00505; PF00855; PF00856
In ASDyes
Allosteric PredictionNA
Ortholog in AnimalsNA
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityWidely expressed (PubMed:9618163, PubMed:18172012). Predominantly expressed in thymus and testis (PubMed:9787135, PubMed:18172012). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18172012, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9618163, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9787135}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 5LSU  (X-ray  2.14A  5VC8  (X-ray  1.80A  6UE6  (X-ray  2.40A  6XCG  (X-ray  1.64A  7CRO  (EM  3.75A  7E8D  (EM  2.80A  7LMT  (X-ray  2.27A  7MDN  (X-ray  2.42A  7VLN  (X-ray  3.09A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15677557, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16197452}. Chromosome {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8BVE8}. Note=In embryonic stem (ES) cells, localizes to small foci, probably corresponding to euchromatin (By similarity). In B-cells, localizes to Ig heavy chain switch region during class switch recombination (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8BVE8}.;
[Isoform 1]: Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15677557, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16197452}. Chromosome {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15677557}.;
[Isoform 3]: Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15677557, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16197452}.;
[Isoform 4]: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15677557, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16197452}. Nucleus, nucleolus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15677557, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16197452}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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