set-6 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables histone H3K9 dimethyltransferase activity and histone H3K9 trimethyltransferase activity. Involved in epigenetic regulation of gene expression. Part of chromatin. Expressed in embryonic cell; gonad; muscle cell; nervous system; and sperm. Is an ortholog of human SUV39H2 (SUV39H2 histone lysine methyltransferase).