PRDM14: Proteins and Enzymes

PRDM14 is an approximately 65 kDa transcriptional inhibitor that contains one histone methylating PR/SET domain (aa 266 - 367) and six zinc finger repeats (aa 400 - 568). PRDM14 is preferentially expressed in germ cells and undifferentiated embryonic stem cells in which it plays a central role in lineage specification, maintenance of pluripotency, and repression of somatic gene transcription. PRDM14 is upregulated in breast cancer and lymphoblastic leukemia.