The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Methyl-CpG Binding Domain Protein 2 across different species:

methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 (MBD2), methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 (Mbd2), methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 (mbd2), methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 (LOC100345590)

Other aliases include:

DMTase, NY-CO-41, DKFZp586O0821, MBD2a, MGC111862, wu:fa97f06, zgc:111862, MBD2, MGC188552

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Methyl-CpG Binding Domain Protein 2:

methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 – methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 2 – methyl-CpG-binding protein MBD2 – methyl-CpG binding protein MBD2

Methyl-CpG Binding Domain Protein 2 fulfills a number of functions:

C2H2 zinc finger domain binding – DNA binding – chromatin binding – mRNA binding – methyl-CpG binding – satellite DNA binding – siRNA binding – transcription repressor activity – protein binding – protein domain specific binding

Methyl-CpG Binding Domain Protein 2 is relevant to the following processes:

cellular protein complex assembly – maternal behavior – negative regulation of transcription – negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – positive regulation of Wnt receptor signaling pathway – regulation of cell proliferation – regulation of transcription – transcription

Locations for Methyl-CpG Binding Domain Protein 2:

cytoplasm – heterochromatin – histone deacetylase complex – nucleus – chromatin – nucleolus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology