MBD2

Methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 Q9UBB5 MBD2_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 18 18q21.2 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 8932
Mutations
309
CL 54 · Tissue 246
Samples
191
CL 40 · Tissue 145
Peptides
122
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
3
isoforms mutated

Stats by Source

Total, split by cell line (COSMIC CL / DepMap / PubMed) vs tissue (COSMIC primary tissue)

How the counts split by source
Stats by Source

Total = all mutations for this gene across every source.

Cell line = COSMIC Cell Lines Project + DepMap + PubMed.

Tissue = COSMIC primary-tissue (patient tumour) samples.

Total can exceed cell line + tissue: COSMIC tissue-derived models sit only in global, and a peptide can be shared across both.

TotalCell lineTissue
Mutations30954246
Samples19140145
Peptides1222892

Function

MBD2 · Methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2

DNA methylation is the major modification of eukaryotic genomes and plays an essential role in mammalian development. Human proteins MECP2, MBD1, MBD2, MBD3, and MBD4 comprise a family of nuclear proteins related by the presence in each of a methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD). Each of these proteins, with the exception of MBD3, is capable of binding specifically to methylated DNA. MECP2, MBD1 and MBD2 can also repress transcription from methylated gene promoters. The protein encoded by this gene may function as a mediator of the biological consequences of the methylation signal. It is also reported that the this protein functions as a demethylase to activate transcription, as DNA methylation causes gene silencing. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011].

Isoforms & Proteins

3 transcripts · UniProt mapping is sequence-verified (AA-safe)

About the isoform mapping
Isoforms & Proteins

Each Ensembl transcript (ENST) this gene is mutated on, with its matched UniProt accession.

The mapping is sequence-verified: the UniProt sequence is identical to the transcript translation, so amino-acid positions line up exactly. A * marks an unreviewed (TrEMBL) entry.

Counts are mutations and unique mutant peptides on each transcript.

TranscriptUniProtMutationsPeptides
ENST00000256429 Q9UBB5 139 97
ENST00000583046 Q9UBB5-3 114 61
ENST00000398398 X6RBL6* 56 42

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
18
Cytoband
18q21.2
Entrez ID
Aliases
DMTaseNY-CO-41

Recurrent Mutations

All 97 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000256429 · needle height = samples · drag the mini-map to zoom

What this lollipop shows
Recurrent Mutations

A lollipop / needle plot – the standard way to show recurrent mutations along a protein (as used by cBioPortal and MutationMapper).

X-axis = amino-acid position in the protein.

Needle height & head size = how often that exact amino-acid change was observed (its recurrence). Tall/large heads are mutational hotspots.

The most recurrent changes are labelled; hover any needle for the change, position and counts.

Mutation frequency across cancer types

% of samples with a missense/complex mutation in MBD2 · cell line vs tissue

How this frequency is counted
Cancer-type mutation frequency

For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in MBD2 – counted as distinct samples (a sample counts once no matter how many mutations it has).

Split into cell line and tissue; each cell shows mutated / total and the percentage. Cohorts with <20 samples are omitted. Ordered by combined frequency.

Cancer typeCell linesTissue samples
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
2/25 8%
0/0 0%
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
2/40 5%
0/0 0%
Other Solid Cancers
5/94 5%
38/1515 3%
Endometrial Carcinoma
4/42 10%
12/612 2%
Oral Cavity Carcinoma
1/54 2%
0/0 0%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
1/90 1%
0/0 0%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/16 0%
1/122 1%
Melanoma
1/210 0%
14/1899 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
5/143 4%
17/3239 1%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
10/1592 1%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
10/1809 1%
Ovarian Carcinoma
3/109 3%
2/998 0%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
2/422 0%
Burkitts Lymphoma
1/32 3%
0/196 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
1/154 1%
2/577 0%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
3/752 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/304 0%
6/1390 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
1/58 2%
2/956 0%
Glioma
1/52 2%
5/2127 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
6/2210 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
2/810 0%
Medulloblastoma
0/0 0%
1/450 0%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
2/830 0%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
1/88 1%
4/2534 0%
B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
4/55 7%
1/2640 0%
Breast Carcinoma
3/144 2%
2/3264 0%
Other Sarcomas
1/69 1%
0/699 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
0/51 0%
3/2550 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
1/89 1%
1/1611 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
1/85 1%
1/1574 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where MBD2 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in MBD2 were found in each tissue, across the whole database.

Each bar is a tissue (cell-line and tissue names are merged to the standard tissue), split into cell line and tissue (patient tumour) contributions.

This shows the cancer-context where this gene is recurrently altered.

GTEx Expression

Median TPM across 54 healthy tissues

GTEx Portal ↗
About the expression data
GTEx Expression

Median gene expression (TPM) in normal, non-cancer human tissues from the GTEx project.

Useful for judging tumour specificity – a strong neoantigen target ideally comes from a gene with low expression in healthy tissues.

Scroll or drag the mini-axis below the chart to browse all tissues.

Mutations

All 309 mutations in MBD2

About the mutation list
Mutations

Every mutation record for this gene, across all samples and sources.

The Sample column links to the cell line (cell-line samples) or the tissue type (tissue samples).

Use the Type / Source filters, the search box, and column sorting to explore; each CAN-IMMUNE ID opens the full mutation & peptide view.

IDSampleTranscriptAA Change CDSTypeSourceMutant PeptideWild-type Peptide