In Penicillium oxalicum, histone H2B (PDE_01489) was one of the interacting proteins with the methyltransferase LaeA. It suggests that histone H2B may be a direct target of LaeA/Lae1. To verify whether histone H2B is one of the LaeA targets, an in vitro catalytic experiment was performed using Homo sapiens recombinant histone H2B (HsH2B, expressed in Escherichia coli, without histone modification), SAM as substrates, and LaeA. The products were analyzed by LC-MS/MS for histone modifications. Results showed that the mono and di-methylation of lysine 108 and the mono-methylation of lysine 116 were detected.