PMID- 19273288 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090407 LR - 20220227 IS - 2768-6698 (Electronic) IS - 2768-6698 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 9 DP - 2009 Jan 1 TI - MLL histone methylases in gene expression, hormone signaling and cell cycle. PG - 3483-95 LID - 10.2741/3466 [doi] AB - Histone methyl-transferases (HMTs) are key enzymes that post-translationally methylate nuclear histone proteins and play critical roles in gene expression, epigenetic regulation and diseases in eukaryotic organisms. Mixed lineage leukemias (MLLs) are human HMTs that specifically methylate histone H3 at lyisine-4 and regulate gene activation. MLLs are also well known to be rearranged often in acute myeloid and lymphoid leukemias. Human encodes several MLLs that have similar enzymatic activities but diverse functions. Herein, we have reviewed the recent advances in understanding the diverse functions of MLL family of HMTs in gene regulation, hormone signaling and cell cycle regulation in human. FAU - Ansari, Khairul I AU - Ansari KI AD - Gene Regulation and Disease Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA. FAU - Mishra, Bibhu P AU - Mishra BP FAU - Mandal, Subhrangsu S AU - Mandal SS LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20090101 PL - Singapore TA - Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) JT - Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) JID - 101612996 RN - 0 (Hormones) RN - EC 2.1.1.- (Histone Methyltransferases) RN - EC 2.1.1.- (Protein Methyltransferases) RN - EC 2.1.1.43 (Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase) SB - IM MH - *Cell Cycle MH - *Gene Expression MH - Histone Methyltransferases MH - Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase MH - Hormones/*metabolism/*physiology MH - Methylation MH - Protein Methyltransferases/*metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction RF - 95 EDAT- 2009/03/11 09:00 MHDA- 2009/04/08 09:00 CRDT- 2009/03/11 09:00 PHST- 2009/03/11 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/03/11 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/04/08 09:00 [medline] AID - 3466 [pii] AID - 10.2741/3466 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2009 Jan 1;14(9):3483-95. doi: 10.2741/3466.