Methyl-CpG-binding domain proteins: readers of the epigenome

Q Du, PL Luu, C Stirzaker, SJ Clark - Epigenomics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
… MBD family proteins function through the combined activity of their DNA binding domains
and other catalytic or protein–protein association domains. All MBD family proteins contain the …

The methyl-CpG binding domain and the evolving role of DNA methylation in animals

B Hendrich, S Tweedie - TRENDS in Genetics, 2003 - cell.com
… activity between the amphibian and mammalian MBD3 is due to the sequence of their
methyl-CpG binding domains (MBDs): mammalian MBD3 differs from other methyl-CpG binding

Recognition of methylated DNA through methyl-CpG binding domain proteins

X Zou, W Ma, IA Solov'Yov, C Chipot… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
… It has been recognized that methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD… In this article, we
demonstrate that the methyl-CpG … calculations we investigate the methyl-cytosine recognition …

Comparative study of methyl-CpG-binding domain proteins

TC Roloff, HH Ropers, UA Nuber - BMC genomics, 2003 - Springer
… cDNAs with a methyl-CpG-binding domain in mouse … methyl-CpG-binding domain of human
MBD3 and SETDB1, functional compensation would not necessarily require a DNA binding

Methyl CpGbinding proteins and transcriptional repression

PA Wade - Bioessays, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… Recently, considerable progress has been reported in the identification of protein factors
with a highly conserved DNA interaction surface, termed the methyl CpG-binding domain or …

Solution structure of the methyl-CpG binding domain of human MBD1 in complex with methylated DNA

I Ohki, N Shimotake, N Fujita, JG Jee, T Ikegami… - Cell, 2001 - cell.com
… In vertebrates, the biological consequences of DNA methylation are often mediated by protein
factors containing conserved methyl-CpG binding domains (MBDs). Mutations in the MBD …

Dissection of the methyl-CpG binding domain from the chromosomal protein MeCP2

X Nan, RR Meehan, A Bird - Nucleic acids research, 1993 - academic.oup.com
… a minimal methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD) from MeCP2. MBD is 85 amino acids in length,
and binds exclusively to DNA that contains one or more symmetrically methylated CpGs. …

MethylCpGbinding proteins: Targeting specific gene repression

E Ballestar, AP Wolffe - European journal of biochemistry, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… MeCP2, MBD1, MBD2, MBD3 and MBD4 constitute a family of vertebrate proteins that
share the methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD). The MBD, consisting of about 70 residues, …

Oxidative damage to methyl-CpG sequences inhibits the binding of the methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD) of methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2)

V Valinluck, HH Tsai, DK Rogstad, A Burdzy… - Nucleic acids …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
… of oxidative damage to a methyl-CpG site on MBP binding by the selective … for binding to
the methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD) of one member of the MBP family, methyl-CpG binding

Methyl CpG binding proteins: coupling chromatin architecture to gene regulation

PA Wade - Oncogene, 2001 - nature.com
… While higher plants clearly possess sophisticated gene regulatory circuits featuring DNA
methylation, this review will focus on methyl CpG binding proteins in animals. …