BAIT

MECP2

methyl CpG binding protein 2
GO Process (62)
GO Function (16)
GO Component (9)

Gene Ontology Biological Process

Rattus norvegicus

Two-hybrid

Bait protein expressed as a DNA binding domain (DBD) fusion and prey expressed as a transcriptional activation domain (TAD) fusion and interaction measured by reporter gene activation.

Publication

Interaction between chromatin proteins MECP2 and ATRX is disrupted by mutations that cause inherited mental retardation.

Nan X, Hou J, Maclean A, Nasir J, Lafuente MJ, Shu X, Kriaucionis S, Bird A

Mutations in the human methyl-CpG-binding protein gene MECP2 cause the neurological disorder Rett syndrome and some cases of X-linked mental retardation (XLMR). We report that MeCP2 interacts with ATRX, a SWI2/SNF2 DNA helicase/ATPase that is mutated in ATRX syndrome (alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation, X-linked). MeCP2 can recruit the helicase domain of ATRX to heterochromatic foci in living mouse cells in a DNA ... [more]

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. Feb. 20, 2007; 104(8);2709-14 [Pubmed: 17296936]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Curated By

  • BioGRID