The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (Rett Syndrome) across different species:

methyl CpG binding protein 2 (Rett syndrome) (MECP2), methyl CpG binding protein 2 (Mecp2), methyl CpG binding protein 2 (mecp2), methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2)

Other aliases include:

RS, RTS, RTT, PPMX, MRX16, MRX79, MRXSL, AUTSX3, MRXS13, DKFZp686A24160, Mbd5, WBP10, BB130002, 1500041B07Rik, D630021H01Rik, MGC111857, wu:fk96a04, zgc:111857, MECP2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (Rett Syndrome):

methyl CpG binding protein 2 – methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 – meCp-2 protein – OTTMUSP00000019241 – OTTMUSP00000019680 – OTTMUSP00000045815 – OTTMUSP00000046640 – meCP-2 protein

Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (Rett Syndrome) fulfills a number of functions:

DNA binding – double-stranded methylated DNA binding – protein N-terminus binding – protein domain specific binding – transcription corepressor activity – chromatin DNA binding – enzyme binding – four-way junction DNA binding – mRNA binding – methyl-CpG binding – protein binding – sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity – siRNA binding – transcription factor binding – transcription repressor activity – unmethylated CpG binding

Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (Rett Syndrome) is relevant to the following processes:

negative regulation of transcription – negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – adult locomotory behavior – behavioral fear response – brain development – cardiolipin metabolic process – catecholamine secretion – cellular biogenic amine metabolic process – cerebellum development – chromatin silencing – dendrite development – embryo development – glucocorticoid metabolic process – glutamine metabolic process – histone acetylation – histone methylation – inositol metabolic process – learning – long-term memory – long-term synaptic potentiation – memory – mitochondrial electron transport, ubiquinol to cytochrome c – negative regulation of histone acetylation – negative regulation of histone methylation – negative regulation of neuron apoptosis – negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – neurological system process involved in regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure – neuromuscular process – neuromuscular process controlling posture – neuron differentiation – neuron maturation – neuron projection development – pathogenesis – phosphatidylcholine metabolic process – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of synaptogenesis – positive regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – post-embryonic development – proprioception – protein localization – regulation of excitatory postsynaptic membrane potential – regulation of gene expression by genetic imprinting – regulation of gene expression, epigenetic – regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange by neurological system process – regulation of synaptic plasticity – regulation of transcription – respiratory gaseous exchange – response to hypoxia – response to stress – sensory perception of pain – social behavior – startle response – synapse assembly – synaptic transmission – transcription – ventricular system development – visual learning

Locations for Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (Rett Syndrome):

heterochromatin – nucleus – cytoplasm – cytosol – nuclear chromatin – protein complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology