SUV39H2

Gene

SUV39H2 histone lysine methyltransferase

HGNCHGNC:17287 EnsemblENSG00000152455 NCBI Gene79723

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 10p13

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asFLJ23414 · KMT1B

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Alias symbolsFLJ23414, KMT1B

Previous namessuppressor of variegation 3-9 homolog 2 (Drosophila), suppressor of variegation 3-9 homolog 2

Alias nameshistone methyltransferase SUV39H2

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections

Breast Neoplasms

Central Nervous System Neoplasms

Glioma

Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma

MODY

Neoplasms

Diabetes mellitus, transient neonatal, 3

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

Histone lysine methyltransferasesSET domain containing

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.