Gene Information
Gene NameMBD2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length411
Protein NamesMethyl-CpG-binding domain protein 2 (Demethylase) (DMTase) (Methyl-CpG-binding protein MBD2)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000134046 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBQ9UBB5
Gene CardMBD2
Uniprot IDQ9UBB5
PfamPF01429; PF14048; PF16564
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.474702734)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ MBD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ MBD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ MBD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ MBD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Mbd2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ MBD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Mbd2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ MBD2 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsMBD3
ParalogsMBD1, MBD3L1, MBD3L2B, MBD3L5, MBD3, MBD3L2, MBD3L3, MBD3L4
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in brain, heart, kidney, stomach, testis and placenta. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10050851}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.223793(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2L2L  (NMR  6C1A  (X-ray  2.05A  6C1T  (X-ray  1.84A  6C1U  (X-ray  2.30A  6C1V  (X-ray  2.30A  6C2F  (X-ray  2.65A  6CNP  (X-ray  2.10A  6CNQ  (X-ray  2.15A  7AO8  (EM  4.50A  7AO9  (EM  6.10A  7AOA  (EM  19.40A  7MWK  (X-ray  2.45A  7MWM  (X-ray  1.60A  7RAY  (X-ray  1.78A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12183469, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9774669}. Note=Nuclear, in discrete foci. Detected at replication foci in late S phase.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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