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Post Translational Modifications | Phosphorylated on Ser-421 by CaMK2 in brain upon synaptic activity, which attenuates its repressor activity and seems to regulate dendritic growth and spine maturation. Does not seem to be phosphorylated on Ser-421 in other tissues. |
Function | 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 SIN3. Binds both 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC)-containing DNA, with a preference for 5-methylcytosine (5mC). |
Protein Name | Methyl-Cpg-Binding Protein 2Mecp-2 ProteinMecp2 |
Database Links | Reactome: R-MMU-9022692 Q9Z2D6-1 |
Cellular Localisation | NucleusColocalized With Methyl-Cpg In The GenomeColocalized With Tbl1x To The Heterochromatin Foci |
Alternative ELISA Names | Methyl-Cpg-Binding Protein 2 ELISA kitMecp-2 Protein ELISA kitMecp2 ELISA kitMecp2 ELISA kit |
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