The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Jumonji across different species:

jumonji, AT rich interactive domain 2 (Jarid2), jumonji, AT rich interactive domain 2 (jarid2), jumonji, AT rich interactive domain 2 (jarid2-b)

Other aliases include:

Jmj, C79929, C79931, jumonji, AI317256, AU045941, Jumonji, jarid2a, jmj, jarid2b

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Jumonji:

protein Jumonji – jumonji/ARID domain-containing protein 2 – jumonji, AT rich interactive domain 2 – jumonji, AT rich interactive domain 2 a – jumonji, AT rich interactive domain 2 b

Jumonji fulfills a number of functions:

DNA binding – chromatin binding – histone demethylase activity – protein binding – transcription repressor activity

Jumonji is relevant to the following processes:

cell differentiation – chromatin modification – liver development – multicellular organismal development – negative regulation of cell proliferation – negative regulation of histone methylation – negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – positive regulation of histone H3-K9 methylation – regulation of cell proliferation – regulation of transcription – spleen development – stem cell differentiation – thymus development – transcription

Locations for Jumonji:

ESC/E(Z) complex – histone methyltransferase complex – intracellular – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology