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KAT7 (Histone acetyltransferase KAT7) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor and a DNA repair gene, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Bladder & urothelial cancer. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Catalytic subunit of histone acetyltransferase HBO1 complexes, which specifically mediate acetylation of histone H3 at 'Lys-14' (H3K14ac), thereby regulating various processes, such as gene transcription, protein ubiquitination, immune regulation, stem cell pluripotent and self-renewal maintenance and embryonic development. Some complexes also catalyse acetylation of histone H4 at 'Lys-5', 'Lys-8' and 'Lys-12' (H4K5ac, H4K8ac and H4K12ac, respectively), regulating DNA replication initiation, regulating DNA replication initiation. Specificity of the HBO1 complexes is determined by the scaffold subunit: complexes containing BRPF scaffold (BRPF1, BRD1/BRPF2 or BRPF3) direct KAT7/HBO1 specificity towards H3K14ac, while complexes containing JADE (JADE1, JADE2 and JADE3) scaffold direct KAT7/HBO1 specificity towards histone H4. H3K14ac promotes transcriptional elongation by facilitating the processivity of RNA polymerase II. Acts as a key regulator of haematopoiesis by forming a complex with BRD1/BRPF2, directing KAT7/HBO1 specificity towards H3K14ac and promoting erythroid differentiation. H3K14ac is also required for T-cell development. Location: Nucleus; Chromosome; Chromosome, centromere; Cytoplasm, cytosol (UniProt). Locus 17q21.33 (HGNC).

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  • Bladder & urothelial cancer: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (BLCA)
Class: tumor suppressor · Gene: KAT7 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"KAT7" OR ABSTRACT:"KAT7" OR TITLE:"lysine acetyltransferase 7" OR ABSTRACT:"lysine acetyltransferase 7" OR TITLE:"Histone acetyltransferase KAT7" OR ABSTRACT:"Histone acetyltransferase KAT7" OR TITLE:"HBO1" OR ABSTRACT:"HBO1" OR TITLE:"MYST2" OR ABSTRACT:"MYST2") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about KAT7, not a curated reading list.

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