NCIt synonyms : SOTOS; FLJ10684; FLJ44628; ARA267; KMT3B; Nuclear Receptor Binding SET Domain Protein 1 wt Allele; DKFZp666C163; FLJ22263; STO; Nuclear Receptor-Binding Su-Var, Enhancer of Zeste, and Trithorax Domain Protein 1
Gene; Sotos Syndrome Gene; SOTOS1;
NCIt definition : Human NSD1 wild-type allele is located within 5q35.2-q35.3 and is approximately 162
kb in length. This allele, which encodes histone-lysine N-methyltransferase, H3 lysine-36
and H4 lysine-20 specific protein, plays a role in the modulation of histone methylation.
Mutations and translocations of the gene are involved in several diseases.;
NCIt note : Mutations in the NSD1 gene are associated with both Weaver syndrome and Beckwith-Wiedemann
syndrome. Point mutations, microdeletions and a translocation t(5;8)(q35;q24.1) involving
the gene are associated with Sotos syndrome. A translocation t(5;11)(q35;p15.5) involving
both the NSD1 gene and the NUP98 gene results in the production of a fusion protein
and is associated with childhood acute myeloid leukemia. (OMIM);