KMT5B

lysine methyltransferase 5B

Tier: Gold Standard Ciliary Genes

Ensembl:
ENSG00000110066
UniProt:
Q4FZB7
OMIM:
610881
Synonyms:
CGI-85, SUV420H1

Cilia effects upon perturbation of KMT5B

Cilia number / % ciliated:
Decreased cilia number
Loss-of-function effect:
Shorter cilia

Ciliogenesis screen results (1 screens)

  • Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: No Significant Effect PMID:29459680

Phenotypes

Mouse phenotype:
abnormal tail movements, process of degenerative change, decreased body weight, lipid deposition, preweaning lethality, incomplete penetrance, increased thermal nociceptive threshold, increased circulating chloride level
Human ciliopathy phenotype:
intellectual disability, autosomal dominant 51

Subcellular localization

cilia, basal body

References: PMID:41005307

Functional category

  • Ciliary assembly/disassembly

Function

KMT5B has localized in cilia. Knocking down KMT5B resulted in fewer and shorter cilia and impaired the formation of multiciliated cell tufts, indicating that the catalytic activity of KMT5B is required for proper ciliogenesis. (https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.18.644017) MCC precursor cells … ultimately fail in ciliogenesis because of perturbation of cytoplasmic processes (GeneTools)