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MBD4: Function, Clinical significance in cancer & Structure

Methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MBD4 gene.

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MBD4 topic overview

The analysis highlights Function, Clinical significance in cancer and Structure as prominent areas in the source structure around MBD4.

Related topics
46
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
51
Extracted relationships
141
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
51

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Function · 23 topics
Clinical significance in cancer · 14 topics
Structure · 5 topics
Interactions · 2 topics
Overview · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Aliases
MBD4, MED1, methyl-CpG binding domain 4, DNA glycosylase
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes2MOE, 3IHO, 4DK9, 4E9E, 4E9F, 4E9G, 4E9H, 4EA4, 4EA5, 4LG7, 4OFA, 4OFE, 4OFH, 5CHZ
Band
3q21.3 · 6 E3|6 53.72 cM
Bgee
secondary oocyte · pylorus · visceral pleura · trabecular bone · caput epididymis
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 3 (human) · Chromosome 6 (mouse)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Structure

Function

Clinical significance in cancer

Interactions

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How MBD4 connects Entity context

The extracted context around MBD4 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, MBD4 → caput epididymis, cardia, corpus epididymis, ejaculatory duct, embryo, epiblast, epithelium of male urethra, epithelium of nasopharynx, genital tubercle, lumbar spinal ganglion, optic nerve, pelvic part of vagina, pylorus, renal medulla, Rostral migratory stream, secondary oocyte, tail of embryo, trabecular bone, vagina, visceral pleura Another extracted example is MBD4 → catalytic activity, cellular response to DNA damage stimulus, chromatin, depyrimidination, DNA binding, DNA N-glycosylase activity, DNA repair, endodeoxyribonuclease activity, hydrolase activity, nuclear speck, nucleoplasm, nucleus, protein binding, pyrimidine-specific mismatch base pair DNA N-glycosylase activity, response to estradiol, response to radiation, satellite DNA binding. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

MBD4

Top relations

Bgee · 20
MBD4 → caput epididymis, cardia, corpus epididymis, ejaculatory duct, embryo, epiblast, epithelium of male urethra, epithelium of nasopharynx, genital tubercle, lumbar spinal ganglion, optic nerve, pelvic part of vagina, pylorus, renal medulla, Rostral migratory stream, secondary oocyte, tail of embryo, trabecular bone, vagina, visceral pleura
RNA expression pattern · 20
MBD4 → caput epididymis, cardia, corpus epididymis, ejaculatory duct, embryo, epiblast, epithelium of male urethra, epithelium of nasopharynx, genital tubercle, lumbar spinal ganglion, optic nerve, pelvic part of vagina, pylorus, renal medulla, Rostral migratory stream, secondary oocyte, tail of embryo, trabecular bone, vagina, visceral pleura
Gene ontology · 17
MBD4 → catalytic activity, cellular response to DNA damage stimulus, chromatin, depyrimidination, DNA binding, DNA N-glycosylase activity, DNA repair, endodeoxyribonuclease activity, hydrolase activity, nuclear speck, nucleoplasm, nucleus, protein binding, pyrimidine-specific mismatch base pair DNA N-glycosylase activity, response to estradiol, response to radiation, satellite DNA binding
related to Function · 13
MBD4 → CpG-binding, DNA, Each, Further, Human, In, MBD, MBD1, MBD2, MBD3, MECP2, MIS, MSI
related to Deaminated bases as targets · 9
MBD4 → Bases, CpG, Deamination, DNA, However, Hypoxanthine, Notably, The, Upon DNA
related to Mutational importance of targets · 9
MBD4 → About, Alternatively, CpG, DNA, For, MMR-defective, Mutations, The, These
related to Somatic mutations of MBD4 · 8
MBD4 → DNA, In, MLH1, MMR, Msh2, Msh6, Mutation, Pms2
related to Structure · 7
MBD4 → C-terminal DNA, CpG-binding, E3, Human MBD4, These, UHRF1, USP7
related to Germline mutations of MBD4 · 6
MBD4 → An MBD4, CpG, Israeli Christian Arabs, Mono, These, This
related to Epigenetic silencing · 5
MBD4 → DNA, MGMT, MLH1, This, While

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

mutations dna human gene deamination bp protein chr band repair cpg cancers chromosome domain mlh1 function colorectal cancer expression base

MBD4 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 141 structured relationships around MBD4. Examples in this analysis include MBD4 → Aliases → MBD4, MED1, methyl-CpG binding domain 4, DNA glycosylase and MBD4 → Available structures → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes2MOE, 3IHO, 4DK9, 4E9E, 4E9F, 4E9G, 4E9H, 4EA4, 4EA5, 4LG7, 4OFA, 4OFE, 4OFH, 5CHZ. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MBD4AliasesMBD4, MED1, methyl-CpG binding domain 4, DNA glycosylase1.00infobox
MBD4Available structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes2MOE, 3IHO, 4DK9, 4E9E, 4E9F, 4E9G, 4E9H, 4EA4, 4EA5, 4LG7, 4OFA, 4OFE, 4OFH, 5CHZ1.00infobox
MBD4Band3q21.31.00infobox
MBD4Band6 E3|6 53.72 cM1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeesecondary oocyte1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeepylorus1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeevisceral pleura1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeetrabecular bone1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeecaput epididymis1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeeepithelium of nasopharynx1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeeoptic nerve1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeecardia1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeerenal medulla1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeecorpus epididymis1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeelumbar spinal ganglion1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeeepithelium of male urethra1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeegenital tubercle1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeetail of embryo1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeevagina1.00infobox
MBD4BgeeRostral migratory stream1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeeejaculatory duct1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeepelvic part of vagina1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeeepiblast1.00infobox
MBD4Bgeeembryo1.00infobox
MBD4BioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
MBD4Chr.Chromosome 3 (human)1.00infobox
MBD4Chr.Chromosome 6 (mouse)1.00infobox
MBD4DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
MBD4End129,440,179 bp1.00infobox
MBD4End115,830,332 bp1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around MBD4 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Protein, Repair and Gene. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • MBD4
    • Protein
    • Repair
    • Gene
    • Dna
    • Mutations
    • Expression
    • Function
    • Mlh1
    • Mmr
    • Colorectal
    • Cancers
    • Epigenetic
  • mbd4
    • Protein
    • Repair
    • Gene
    • Dna
    • Mutations
    • Expression
    • Function
    • Mlh1
    • Mmr
    • Colorectal
    • Cancers
    • Epigenetic
  • gene
    • Genomic
    • Location
    • Methyl-cpg-binding
    • Human
    • Chromosome
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Mouse
    • Mutations
    • Binding
    • E3
    • Glycosylase
  • methyl-cpg-binding domain
    • Methyl-cpg-binding
    • Gene
    • Binding
    • Glycosylase
    • Location
    • Human
    • Chromosome
    • Function
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Protein
    • Mouse
  • dna glycosylase
    • Location
    • Repair
    • Mismatch
    • Function
    • Human
    • Mouse
    • E3
    • Genomic
    • Mbd4
    • Methyl-cpg-binding
    • Mrna
    • Mutations
  • dna methylation
    • Repair
    • Mismatch
    • Function
    • Mbd4
    • Mutations
    • Gene
    • Epigenetic
    • Genomic
    • Glycosylase
    • Location
    • Chromosome
    • Domain
  • dna repair
    • Repair
    • Mismatch
    • Function
    • Mbd4
    • Mutations
    • Gene
    • Epigenetic
    • Genomic
    • Glycosylase
    • Location
    • Chromosome
    • Domain
  • dna mismatch repair
    • Genomic
    • Repair
    • Mismatch
    • Function
    • Mouse
    • Mbd4
    • Mrna
    • Mutations
    • Gene
    • Epigenetic
    • Glycosylase
    • Location

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For MBD4, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects MBD4 with Function. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
MBD4Function · splits 28 ⟂ 24
MBD4Clinical significance in cancer · splits 37 ⟂ 15
MBD4Structure · splits 46 ⟂ 6
MBD4Overview · splits 49 ⟂ 3
MBD4Interactions · splits 49 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

MBD4

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples141
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around MBD4 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Function, Clinical significance in cancer & Structure, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — MBD4 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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