FEATURES

DESCRIPTION

Also known as MECP2_HUMAN, MECP2. Chromosomal protein that binds to methylated DNA. It can bind specifically to a single methyl-CpG pair. It is not influenced by sequences flanking the methyl-CpGs. Mediates transcriptional repression through interaction with histone deacetylase and the corepressor SIN3A. Binds both 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC)-containing DNA, with a preference for 5-methylcytosine (5mC). Interacts with FNBP3 (By similarity). Interacts with CDKL5 (PubMed:15917271). Interacts with ATRX; MECP2 recruits ATRX to pericentric heterochromatin in neuronal cells (By similarity). Interacts with NCOR2 (By similarity). Interacts with TBL1XR1; bridges interaction between MECP2 and NCOR1 (PubMed:28348241). Interacts with TBL1X; recruits TBL1X to the heterochromatin foci (PubMed:28348241).

EXTERNAL LINKS

MECP2

Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2

MECP2

Molecular Synopsis