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Facts about Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2.
It is not influenced by sequences flanking the methyl-CpGs. Mediates transcriptional repression through interaction with histone deacetylase and the corepressor SIN3A.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MECP2 |
| Uniprot: | P51608 |
| Entrez: | 4204 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

AUTSX3; DKFZp686A24160; MeCp-2 protein; mental retardation, X-linked 79; methyl CpG binding protein 2 (Rett syndrome); X-linked 16
Mass (kDA):
52.441 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Xq28 |
| Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (154021573..154097731, complement) |
Present in all adult somatic tissues tested.
Nucleus. Colocalized with methyl-CpG in the genome. Colocalized with TBL1X to the heterochromatin foci.






PMID: 9710633 by Kudo S.; Methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 represses Sp1-activated transcription of the human leukosialin gene when the promoter is methylated.
PMID: 8976388 by Vilain A., et al. Assignment of the gene for methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) to human chromosome band Xq28 by in situ hybridization.
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