Gene: NSD2

Alternate names for this Gene: KMT3F|KMT3G|MMSET|REIIBP|TRX5|WHS|WHSC1

Gene Summary: This gene encodes a protein that contains four domains present in other developmental proteins: a PWWP domain, an HMG box, a SET domain, and a PHD-type zinc finger. It is expressed ubiquitously in early development. Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a malformation syndrome associated with a hemizygous deletion of the distal short arm of chromosome 4. This gene maps to the 165 kb WHS critical region and has also been involved in the chromosomal translocation t(4;14)(p16.3;q32.3) in multiple myelomas. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. Some transcript variants are nonsense-mediated mRNA (NMD) decay candidates, hence not represented as reference sequences.

Gene is located in Chromosome: 4

Location in Chromosome : 4p16.3

Description of this Gene: nuclear receptor binding SET domain protein 2

Type of Gene: protein-coding

rs2187692 in NSD2 gene and Body Height PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.