NCBI Accession #
NP_190242.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_114525.3
NCBI Official Full Name
methyl-CPG-binding domain protein 5
NCBI Official Symbol
MBD5
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATMBD5; MBD05; MDB05; METHYL-CPG-BINDING DOMAIN PROTEIN 05; methyl-CPG-binding domain protein 5
NCBI Protein Information
methyl-CPG-binding domain protein 5
NCBI Summary
Protein containing a putative methyl-CpG-binding domain.Has sequence similarity to human MBD proteins.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
AtMBD5; MBD05
UniProt Protein Name
Methyl-CpG-binding domain-containing protein 5
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Methyl-CpG-binding protein MBD5
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9SNC0
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q8LCG6
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9SNC0
UniProt Comments
Transcriptional regulator that binds CpG islands in promoters where the DNA is methylated at position 5 of cytosine within CpG dinucleotides. In addition, binds specifically methylated m5CpNpN but not m5CpNpG (N is A, T or C). Plays probably a role in gene silencing.