Pathway candidateNCBI-verifiedprotein-coding

KDM3A

lysine demethylase 3A

NCBI Gene: 55818 Ensembl GeneCards UniProt: Q9Y4C1

Pathway candidate — not linked to PFS or PSSD by any record here

KDM3A is in the library because it belongs to the epigenetic regulation family. No study, report or commentary in the corpus names it, so a variant in KDM3A is not, by itself, evidence of anything related to post-drug syndromes.

Gene summary

A protein-coding gene on chromosome 2 (epigenetic regulation). Enables histone H3K9me/H3K9me2 demethylase activity; iron ion binding activity; and nuclear androgen receptor binding activity. Involved in androgen receptor signaling pathway; formaldehyde biosynthetic process; and positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription.

Source: NCBI Gene, accessed 2026-10-07.

Protein reference (UniProt)

Protein: Lysine-specific demethylase 3A
Function: Histone demethylase that specifically demethylates 'Lys-9' of histone H3, thereby playing a central role in histone code. Preferentially demethylates mono- and dimethylated H3 'Lys-9' residue, with a preference for dimethylated residue, while it has weak or no activity on trimethylated H3 'Lys-9'. Demethylation of Lys residue generates formaldehyde and succinate. Involved in hormone-dependent transcriptional activation, by participating in recruitment to androgen-receptor target genes, resulting in H3 'Lys-9' demethylation and transcriptional activation. Involved in spermatogenesis by regulating expression of target genes such as PRM1 and TNP1 which are required for packaging and condensation of sperm chromatin. Involved in obesity resistance through regulation of metabolic genes such as PPARA and UCP1.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm; Nucleus.

Source: UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q9Y4C1, release 2026_03, licensed CC BY 4.0. This is the protein’s normal biology, not evidence about post-drug syndromes; associated conditions are inherited disorders of the gene, not PFS, PSSD or PRSD.

Why its pathway is in the library

Epigenetic persistence is the leading hypothesis for why post-drug syndromes endure after the drug is gone; chromatin regulators are therefore priority candidates in any persistence mechanism.

Written for the whole epigenetic regulation family, not for KDM3A specifically.

Mentioned in 0 corpus records

No corpus record names KDM3A directly yet. It is in the library because it sits in a pathway the corpus tracks (Epigenetic regulation).

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Gene summary

Source: NCBI Gene, accessed 2026-10-07.

Protein reference (UniProt)

Protein: Lysine-specific demethylase 3A
Function: Histone demethylase that specifically demethylates 'Lys-9' of histone H3, thereby playing a central role in histone code. Preferentially demethylates mono- and dimethylated H3 'Lys-9' residue, with a preference for dimethylated residue, while it has weak or no activity on trimethylated H3 'Lys-9'. Demethylation of Lys residue generates formaldehyde and succinate. Involved in hormone-dependent transcriptional activation, by participating in recruitment to androgen-receptor target genes, resulting in H3 'Lys-9' demethylation and transcriptional activation. Involved in spermatogenesis by regulating expression of target genes such as PRM1 and TNP1 which are required for packaging and condensation of sperm chromatin. Involved in obesity resistance through regulation of metabolic genes such as PPARA and UCP1.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm; Nucleus.