小中大也有文章认为MBD2与DNA去甲基化也有关,不过意见不一致:
Bhattacharya S K, Ramchandani S, Cervoni N, et al. A mammalian protein with specific demethylase activity for mCpG DNA. Nature,1999,397(6720):579-583.
反对观点:Ng H, Zhang Y, Hendrich B, et al. MBD2 is a transcriptional repressor belonging to the MeCP1 histone deacetylase complex. Nat Genet,1999,23(1):58-61.
Wade P A, Gegonne A, Jones P L, et al. Mi-2 complex couples DNA methylation to chromatin remodelling and histone deacetylation. Nat Genet,1999,23(1):62-66.