A histone H3K9M mutation traps histone methyltransferase Clr4 to prevent heterochromatin spreading.
Shan, C.M., Wang, J., Xu, K., Chen, H., Yue, J.X., Andrews, S., Moresco, J.J., Yates, J.R., Nagy, P.L., Tong, L., Jia, S.(2016) Elife 5
- PubMed: 27648579 
- DOI: 10.7554/eLife.17903
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5T0K, 5T0M - PubMed Abstract: 
Histone lysine-to-methionine (K-to-M) mutations are associated with multiple cancers, and they function in a dominant fashion to block the methylation of corresponding lysines on wild type histones. However, their mechanisms of function are controversial ...