This gene encodes a member of the protein arginine N-methyltransferase (PRMT) family. Post-translational modification of target proteins by PRMTs plays an important regulatory role in many biological processes, whereby PRMTs methylate arginine residues by transferring methyl groups from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to terminal guanidino nitrogen atoms. The encoded protein is a type I PRMT and is responsible for the majority of cellular arginine methylation activity. Increased expression of this gene may play a role in many types of cancer. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene, and a pseudogene of this gene is located on the long arm of chromosome 5. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011]
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Gscore (Amp):
0.25
Gscore (Del):
0.48
Recurrently amplified in 1 cancer type(s)
Recurrently deleted in 2 cancer type(s)
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Tissue specific distribution
Mscore:
0.00
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Tissue specific
Total fusion occurrence:
1
Fusions detected in 1 cancer type(s)
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Tissue specific
CRISPR: COMMON ESSENTIAL RNAi: COMMON ESSENTIAL
Functional class:
Epigenetic
JensenLab PubMed score:
229.46 (Percentile rank: 83.26%)
PubTator score:
184.75 (Percentile rank: 85.08%)
Target development/druggability level:
TchemThese targets have activities in ChEMBL or DrugCentral that satisfy the activity thresholds detailed below.
Tractability (small molecule):
Discovery PrecedenceTargets with ligands; Targets with crystal structures with ligands