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PHF8, a gene associated with cleft lip/palate and mental retardation, encodes for an Nepsilon-dimethyl lysine demethylase.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Jan 2010
Loenarz Christoph, Ge Wei, Coleman Mathew L, Rose Nathan R, Cooper Christopher D O, Klose Robert J, Ratcliffe Peter J, Schofield Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of human PHF8 cluster within its JmjC encoding exons and are linked to mental retardation (MR) and a cleft lip/palate phenotype. Sequence comparisons, employing structural insights, suggest that PHF8 contains the double stranded beta-helix fold and ferrous iron binding residues that are present in 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenases. We report that recombinant PHF8 is an Fe(II) and...
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