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MECP2

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18028997

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene[2]
Chromosome
human X chromosome[12]
Cytogenetic location
Xq28[18]
Encodes
methyl-CpG binding protein 2, Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2[9][10]
Expressed in
paraflocculus of cerebellum, Brodmann area 10, sural nerve, frontal pole, epithelium of colon, middle frontal gyrus, cerebellar vermis, Achilles tendon, postcentral gyrus, blood[19][20][21][22][23][24]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[11]
Genetic association
Angelman syndrome, Rett syndrome, severe neonatal-onset encephalopathy with microcephaly, X-linked intellectual disability-psychosis-macroorchidism syndrome[13][14][15][16]
Genomic end
154137103, 153363212[6][7]
Genomic start
154021573, 153287024[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
3657[3]
Ortholog
Mecp2, Mecp2, mecp2[8]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en RTT en AUTSX3 en MECP2 en methyl-CpG binding protein 2 en MRX16 en MRX79 en MRXS13 en MRXSL en PPMX en RS en RTS ar MeCP٢ ja AUTSX3 ja MRX16 ja MRX79 ja MRXS13 ja MRXSL ja PPMX ja RS ja RTS

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🔗 Connections
Expressed in 7
blood, Achilles tendon, postcentral gyrus, cerebellar vermis, sural nerve, middle frontal gyrus, Brodmann area 10
Genetic association 2
Rett syndrome, Angelman syndrome
← Genetic association 2
Rett syndrome, Angelman syndrome
Chromosome 1
human X chromosome
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Instance of 1
gene
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Summary

MECP2 is a gene[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . NCBI homo sapiens annotation release 107. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genetic association → Angelman syndrome, Rett syndrome, severe neonatal-onset encephalopathy with microcephaly +1
    Chromosome → human X chromosome
    Strand orientation → reverse strand
    Instance of → gene
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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