Histone demethylase UTY, or Ubiquitously transcribed tetratricopeptide repeat, Y chromosome, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UTY gene. [3] [4] [5]
This gene encodes a protein containing tetratricopeptide repeats which are thought to be involved in protein–protein interactions. This protein is a minor histocompatibility antigen which may induce graft rejection of male stem cell grafts. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [5]
The X-chromosome version of this gene is called UTX.