A histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EZH2 that is encoded in the genome of human. [PRO:DNx, UniProtKB:Q15910]
| Target | Category | Definition |
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| RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding | molecular function | Binding to a specific upstream regulatory DNA sequence (transcription factor recognition sequence or binding site) located in cis relative to the transcription start site (i.e., on the same strand of DNA) of a gene transcribed by RNA polymerase II. [GOC:txnOH-2018] |
| RNA polymerase II core promoter sequence-specific DNA binding | molecular function | Binding to a DNA sequence that is part of the core promoter of a RNA polymerase II-transcribed gene. [GOC:pg, GOC:txnOH, PMID:12381658] |
| transcription corepressor binding | molecular function | Binding to a transcription corepressor, a protein involved in negative regulation of transcription via protein-protein interactions with transcription factors and other proteins that negatively regulate transcription. Transcription corepressors do not bind DNA directly, but rather mediate protein-protein interactions between repressing transcription factors and the basal transcription machinery. [GOC:krc] |
| chromatin binding | molecular function | Binding to chromatin, the network of fibers of DNA, protein, and sometimes RNA, that make up the chromosomes of the eukaryotic nucleus during interphase. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732, PMID:20404130] |
| transcription corepressor activity | molecular function | A transcription coregulator activity that represses or decreases the transcription of specific gene sets via binding to a DNA-bound DNA-binding transcription factor, either on its own or as part of a complex. Corepressors often act by altering chromatin structure and modifications. For example, one class of transcription corepressors modifies chromatin structure through covalent modification of histones. A second class remodels the conformation of chromatin in an ATP-dependent fashion. A third class modulates interactions of DNA-bound DNA-binding transcription factors with other transcription coregulators. [GOC:txnOH-2018, PMID:10213677, PMID:16858867] |
| protein binding | molecular function | Binding to a protein. [GOC:go_curators] |
| protein-lysine N-methyltransferase activity | molecular function | Catalysis of the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the epsilon-amino group of a lysine residue in a protein substrate. [PMID:12054878] |
| chromatin DNA binding | molecular function | Binding to DNA that is assembled into chromatin. [GOC:mah] |
| histone methyltransferase activity | molecular function | Catalysis of the reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + histone = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methyl-histone. Histone methylation generally occurs on either an arginine or a lysine residue. [GOC:curators] |
| ribonucleoprotein complex binding | molecular function | Binding to a complex of RNA and protein. [GOC:bf, GOC:go_curators, GOC:vk] |
| histone H3K27 methyltransferase activity | molecular function | Catalysis of the reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + histone H3 L-lysine (position 27) = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + histone H3 N6-methyl-L-lysine (position 27). This reaction is the addition of a methyl group to the lysine residue at position 27 of the histone H3 protein. [GOC:ai] |
| primary miRNA binding | molecular function | Binding to a primary microRNA (pri-miRNA) transcript, an RNA molecule that is processed into a short hairpin-shaped structure called a pre-miRNA and finally into a functional miRNA. Both double-stranded and single-stranded regions of a pri-miRNA are required for binding. [GOC:sl, PMID:15531877, PMID:15574589] |
| lncRNA binding | molecular function | Binding to a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA). [PMID:25578728] |
| histone H3 methyltransferase activity | molecular function | Catalysis of the reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a histone H3 = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a methylated histone H3. Histone methylation generally occurs on either an arginine or a lysine residue. [PMID:28450737] |
| histone H3K27 trimethyltransferase activity | molecular function | Catalysis of the reaction: L-lysyl27-[histone H3] + 3 S-adenosyl-L-methionine = 3 H+ + N6,N6,N6-trimethyl-L-lysyl27-[histone H3] + 3 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine. This reaction is the successive addition of three methyl groups to the unmethylated lysine residue at position 27 of histone H3, producing histone H3K27me3. [RHEA:60292] |
| promoter-specific chromatin binding | molecular function | Binding to a section of chromatin that is associated with gene promoter sequences of DNA. [PMID:19948729] |
| Target | Category | Definition |
|---|
| G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle | biological process | The mitotic cell cycle transition by which a cell in G1 commits to S phase. The process begins with the build up of G1 cyclin-dependent kinase (G1 CDK), resulting in the activation of transcription of G1 cyclins. The process ends with the positive feedback of the G1 cyclins on the G1 CDK which commits the cell to S phase, in which DNA replication is initiated. [GOC:mtg_cell_cycle] |
| negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of transcription mediated by RNA polymerase II. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:txnOH] |
| chromatin organization | biological process | The assembly or remodeling of chromatin composed of DNA complexed with histones, other associated proteins, and sometimes RNA. [PMID:20404130] |
| regulation of DNA-templated transcription | biological process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-templated transcription. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:txnOH] |
| positive regulation of cell population proliferation | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the rate or extent of cell proliferation. [GOC:go_curators] |
| positive regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition | biological process | Any process that increases the rate, frequency, or extent of epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Epithelial to mesenchymal transition is where an epithelial cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell. [GOC:BHF, GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
| regulation of gliogenesis | biological process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of gliogenesis, the formation of mature glia. [GOC:ef] |
| skeletal muscle satellite cell maintenance involved in skeletal muscle regeneration | biological process | Any process by which the number of skeletal muscle satellite cells in a skeletal muscle is maintained during muscle regeneration. There are at least three mechanisms by which this is achieved. Skeletal muscle satellite stem cell asymmetric division ensures satellite stem cell numbers are kept constant. Symmetric division of these cells amplifies the number of skeletal muscle satellite stem cells. Some adult skeletal muscle myoblasts (descendants of activated satellite cells) can develop back into quiescent satellite cells, replenishing the overall pool of satellite cells. [GOC:dph, GOC:ef, GOC:mtg_muscle, GOC:tb, PMID:23303905] |
| cardiac muscle hypertrophy in response to stress | biological process | The physiological enlargement or overgrowth of all or part of the heart muscle due to an increase in size (not length) of individual cardiac muscle fibers, without cell division, as a result of a disturbance in organismal or cellular homeostasis. [GOC:BHF, GOC:mtg_cardiac_conduct_nov11, GOC:mtg_muscle] |
| cerebellar cortex development | biological process | The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the cerebellar cortex over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The cerebellar cortex is a thin mantle of gray matter that covers the surface of each cerebral hemisphere. It has a characteristic morphology with convolutions (gyri) and crevices (sulci) that have specific functions. Six layers of nerve cells and the nerve pathways that connect them comprise the cerebellar cortex. Together, these regions are responsible for the processes of conscious thought, perception, emotion and memory as well as advanced motor function. [GO_REF:0000021, GOC:cls, GOC:dgh, GOC:dph, GOC:jid, ISBN:0838580343] |
| hippocampus development | biological process | The progression of the hippocampus over time from its initial formation until its mature state. [GO_REF:0000021, GOC:cls, GOC:dgh, GOC:dph, GOC:jid, ISBN:0878937420, UBERON:0002421] |
| B cell differentiation | biological process | The process in which a precursor cell type acquires the specialized features of a B cell. A B cell is a lymphocyte of B lineage with the phenotype CD19-positive and capable of B cell mediated immunity. [GO_REF:0000022, GOC:mah] |
| keratinocyte differentiation | biological process | The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a keratinocyte. [GOC:dph, GOC:mah, GOC:sdb_2009, GOC:tb] |
| positive regulation of cell migration | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cell migration. [GOC:go_curators] |
| regulatory ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation | biological process | A heterochromatin formation-based gene silencing process mediated by a regulatory non-coding RNA molecule that occur before the beginnning of trancription. [PMID:19239886, PMID:21420348] |
| subtelomeric heterochromatin formation | biological process | The compaction of chromatin into heterochromatin at the subtelomeric region. [GOC:mah, PMID:10219245, PMID:26205977] |
| methylation | biological process | The process in which a methyl group is covalently attached to a molecule. [GOC:mah] |
| response to estradiol | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of stimulus by estradiol, a C18 steroid hormone hydroxylated at C3 and C17 that acts as a potent estrogen. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0911910123] |
| negative regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of transcription elongation, the extension of an RNA molecule after transcription initiation and promoter clearance by the addition of ribonucleotides, catalyzed by RNA polymerase II. [GOC:mah, GOC:txnOH] |
| cellular response to trichostatin A | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a trichostatin A stimulus. [GOC:yaf, PMID:20181743] |
| protein modification process | biological process | The covalent alteration of one or more amino acids occurring in proteins, peptides and nascent polypeptides (co-translational, post-translational modifications). Includes the modification of charged tRNAs that are destined to occur in a protein (pre-translation modification). [GOC:bf, GOC:jl] |
| hepatocyte homeostasis | biological process | Any biological process involved in the maintenance of the steady-state number of hepatocytes within a population of cells. Hepatocytes are specialized epithelial cells of the liver that are organized into interconnected plates called lobules. [CL:0000182, GOC:nhn, PMID:19878874] |
| regulation of circadian rhythm | biological process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of a circadian rhythm. A circadian rhythm is a biological process in an organism that recurs with a regularity of approximately 24 hours. [GOC:dph, GOC:jl, GOC:tb] |
| positive regulation of MAP kinase activity | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of MAP kinase activity. [GOC:dph, GOC:go_curators] |
| positive regulation of GTPase activity | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the activity of a GTPase. [GOC:jl, GOC:mah] |
| negative regulation of keratinocyte differentiation | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of keratinocyte differentiation. [GOC:go_curators] |
| negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic | biological process | An epigenetic process that silences gene expression at specific genomic regions through chromatin remodeling either by modifying higher order chromatin fiber structure, nucleosomal histones, or the cytosine DNA methylation. [PMID:22243696] |
| negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-templated transcription. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:txnOH] |
| negative regulation of retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway activity. [GOC:dgh] |
| rhythmic process | biological process | Any process pertinent to the generation and maintenance of rhythms in the physiology of an organism. [GOC:jid] |
| stem cell differentiation | biological process | The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a stem cell. A stem cell is a cell that retains the ability to divide and proliferate throughout life to provide progenitor cells that can differentiate into specialized cells. [CL:0000034, GOC:isa_complete] |
| negative regulation of striated muscle cell differentiation | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of striated muscle cell differentiation. [CL:0000737, GOC:ai] |
| synaptic transmission, GABAergic | biological process | The vesicular release of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). from a presynapse, across a chemical synapse, the subsequent activation of GABA receptors at the postsynapse of a target cell (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) and the effects of this activation on the postsynaptic membrane potential and ionic composition of the postsynaptic cytosol. This process encompasses both spontaneous and evoked release of neurotransmitter and all parts of synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Evoked transmission starts with the arrival of an action potential at the presynapse. [GOC:dos, ISBN:0126603030] |
| cellular response to hydrogen peroxide | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) stimulus. [CHEBI:16240, GOC:mah] |
| G1 to G0 transition | biological process | A cell cycle arrest process that results in arrest during G1 phase, whereupon the cell enters a specialized resting state known as G0 or quiescence. [GOC:mah, GOC:mtg_cell_cycle, ISBN:0815316194] |
| protein localization to chromatin | biological process | Any process in which a protein is transported to, or maintained at, a part of a chromosome that is organized into chromatin. [GOC:mah] |
| positive regulation of protein serine/threonine kinase activity | biological process | Any process that increases the rate, frequency, or extent of protein serine/threonine kinase activity. [GOC:mah] |
| regulation of kidney development | biological process | Any process that modulates the rate, frequency or extent of kidney development. Kidney development is the process whose specific outcome is the progression of the kidney over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The kidney is an organ that filters the blood and excretes the end products of body metabolism in the form of urine. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb, GOC:yaf] |
| liver regeneration | biological process | The regrowth of lost or destroyed liver. [GOC:gap, PMID:19447520] |
| facultative heterochromatin formation | biological process | The compaction of chromatin into a conformation that is refactory to transcription but that be converted to euchromatin and allow transcription in specific contexts. These can be temporal (e.g., developmental states or specific cell-cycle stages), spatial (e.g., nuclear localization changes from the center to the periphery or vice versa due to exogenous factors/signals), or parental/heritable (e.g., monoallelic gene expression). [PMID:17936700] |
| positive regulation of dendrite development | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of dendrite development. [GOC:TermGenie] |
| negative regulation of cytokine production involved in inflammatory response | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of cytokine production involved in inflammatory response. [GOC:TermGenie] |
| positive regulation of cell cycle G1/S phase transition | biological process | Any signaling pathway that activates or increases the activity of a cell cycle cyclin-dependent protein kinase to modulate the switch from G1 phase to S phase of the cell cycle. [GO_REF:0000058, GOC:mtg_cell_cycle, GOC:TermGenie] |
| response to tetrachloromethane | biological process | Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a tetrachloromethane stimulus. [GO_REF:0000071, GOC:TermGenie, PMID:7852267] |
| negative regulation of G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle | biological process | Any signaling pathway that decreases or inhibits the activity of a cell cycle cyclin-dependent protein kinase to modulate the switch from G1 phase to S phase of the mitotic cell cycle. [GOC:mtg_cell_cycle] |
| negative regulation of stem cell differentiation | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of stem cell differentiation. [GOC:obol] |
| heterochromatin formation | biological process | An epigenetic gene silencing mechanism in which chromatin is compacted into heterochromatin, resulting in a chromatin conformation refractory to transcription. This process starts with heterochromatin nucleation, its spreading, and ends with heterochromatin boundary formation. [PMID:25192661, PMID:33827924] |