생화학분자생물학회

	Dan Levy ( ledan@post.bgu.ac.il )
	2018-present	Associate Professor, The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
	2019-2020	Visiting Professor, Department of Oncological Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, USA.
	2012-2018	Senior Lecturer, The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
	2008-2012	Postdoc, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
	2004-2008	PhD, Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
	2001-2003	M.Sc., Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
	2001-2003	B.Sc., Faculty of Agriculture,  Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Orchestrating epigenetics: a comprehensive review of the methyltransferase SETD6

Transcription is regulated by an intricate and extensive network of regulatory factors that impinge upon target genes. This process involves crosstalk between a plethora of factors that include chromatin structure, transcription factors and posttranslational modifications (PTMs). Among PTMs, lysine methylation has emerged as a key transcription regulatory PTM that occurs on histone and non-histone proteins, and several enzymatic regulators of lysine methylation are attractive targets for disease intervention. SET domain-containing protein 6 (SETD6) is a mono-methyltransferase that promotes the methylation of multiple transcription factors and other proteins involved in the regulation of gene expression programs. Many of these SETD6 substrates, such as the canonical SETD6 substrate RELA, are linked to cellular pathways that are highly relevant to human health and disease. Furthermore, SETD6 regulates numerous cancerous phenotypes and guards cancer cells from apoptosis. In the past 15 years, our knowledge of SETD6 substrate methylation and the biological roles of this enzyme has grown immensely. Here we provide a comprehensive overview of SETD6 that will enhance our understanding of this enzyme’s role in chromatin and in selective transcriptional control, the contextual biological roles of this enzyme, and the molecular mechanisms and pathways in which SETD6 is involved, and we highlight the major trends in the SETD6 field.

Exp Mol Med. 2025 Mar;57(3):533-544. https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-025-01423-2
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40102573/