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SUZ12 (Polycomb protein SUZ12) is a protein that switches other genes on and off. The public catalogues list it as an oncogene driver, a tumour suppressor and a fusion partner, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Leukaemia, Breast cancer, Prostate cancer and 4 more. 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

Polycomb group (PcG) protein. Component of the PRC2 complex, which methylates 'Lys-9' (H3K9me) and 'Lys-27' (H3K27me) of histone H3, leading to transcriptional repression of the affected target gene. The PRC2 complex may also serve as a recruiting platform for DNA methyltransferases, thereby linking two epigenetic repression systems. Genes repressed by the PRC2 complex include HOXC8, HOXA9, MYT1 and CDKN2A. Location: Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 17q11.2 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Leukaemia: Open Targets association 0.61 with leukaemia (MONDO_0005059)
  • Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.61 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254)
  • Prostate cancer: Open Targets association 0.51 with prostate cancer (MONDO_0008315); IntOGen driver in 2 cohorts (PRAD)
  • Sarcomas: Open Targets association 0.53 with sarcoma (MONDO_0005089); IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (SARCNOS)
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Open Targets association 0.52 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (MONDO_0018908)
  • Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.52 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898)
Class: transcription · Gene: SUZ12 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"SUZ12" OR ABSTRACT:"SUZ12" OR TITLE:"SUZ12 polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit" OR ABSTRACT:"SUZ12 polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit" OR TITLE:"Polycomb protein SUZ12" OR ABSTRACT:"Polycomb protein SUZ12" OR TITLE:"JJAZ1" OR ABSTRACT:"JJAZ1" OR TITLE:"KIAA0160" OR ABSTRACT:"KIAA0160" OR TITLE:"CHET9" OR ABSTRACT:"CHET9") 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 SUZ12, not a curated reading list.

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