Mesp2 mesoderm posterior 2 [Mus musculus (house mouse)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Mesp2provided by MGI
Official Full Name: mesoderm posterior 2provided by MGI
Primary source: MGI:MGI:1096325
See related: Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000030543 AllianceGenome:MGI:1096325
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Mus musculus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as: bHLHc6
Summary: Enables DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including mesodermal cell migration; signal transduction involved in regulation of gene expression; and somite rostral/caudal axis specification. Located in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; ear; embryo mesoderm; genitourinary system; and paraxial mesenchyme. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spondylocostal dysostosis 2. Orthologous to human MESP2 (mesoderm posterior bHLH transcription factor 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Dec 2024]
Expression: Broad expression in lung adult (RPKM 3.6), ovary adult (RPKM 2.8) and 17 other tissues See more
Orthologs: human all
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Genomic context

Location:: 7 D2; 7 45.18 cM

Exon count:: 2

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27)	7	NC_000073.7 (79460475..79463179)
108.20200622	previous assembly	GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26)	7	NC_000073.6 (79810727..79813431)

Chromosome 7 - NC_000073.7 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Mouse ENCODE transcriptome data
Description: RNA profiling data sets generated by the Mouse ENCODE project.
BioProject: PRJNA66167
Publication: PMID 25409824
Analysis date: n/a

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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Repurposing of the enhancer-promoter communication underlies the compensation of Mesp2 by Mesp1.
Title: Repurposing of the enhancer-promoter communication underlies the compensation of Mesp2 by Mesp1.
Formal proof of the requirement of MESP1 and MESP2 in mesoderm specification and their transcriptional control via specific enhancers in mice.
Title: Formal proof of the requirement of MESP1 and MESP2 in mesoderm specification and their transcriptional control via specific enhancers in mice.
Studies indicate that mesodermal posterior 1 (Mesp1) and mesodermal posterior 2 (Mesp2) double-knockout embryos exhibited defective development of the embryonic mesoderm.
Title: The roles of Mesp family proteins: functional diversity and redundancy in differentiation of pluripotent stem cells and mammalian mesodermal development.
conclusion was supported by analyses of Mesp2 KO and Ripply1/2 double KO embryos lacking rostral and caudal properties, respectively
Title: Metameric pattern of intervertebral disc/vertebral body is generated independently of Mesp2/Ripply-mediated rostro-caudal patterning of somites in the mouse embryo.
current observations of the spatiotemporal disorder of vertebral organogenesis in the Mesp2-null mice provide further insight into the pathogenesis of SCDO and STDO, and the physiological development of the axial skeleton
Title: Spatiotemporal disorder in the axial skeleton development of the Mesp2-null mouse: a model of spondylocostal dysostosis and spondylothoracic dysostosis.
Data demonstrate that Mesp2 is a novel component involved in the suppression of Notch target genes.
Title: The repression of Notch signaling occurs via the destabilization of mastermind-like 1 by Mesp2 and is essential for somitogenesis.
Data propose a novel function of Notch signaling, in which a progressive oscillating wave of Notch activity is translated into the rostral-caudal polarity of a somite by regulating Mesp2 expression in the anterior presomitic mesoderm.
Title: The oscillation of Notch activation, but not its boundary, is required for somite border formation and rostral-caudal patterning within a somite.
An Mesp2 enhancer knockout mouse bearing mutations in two crucial Tbx6 binding sites does not express Mesp2 in the presomitic mesoderm.
Title: Functional importance of evolutionally conserved Tbx6 binding sites in the presomitic mesoderm-specific enhancer of Mesp2.
Mesp2 protein leads to the suppression of Tbx6 protein expression post-translationally via rapid degradation mediated by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
Title: Mesp2 and Tbx6 cooperatively create periodic patterns coupled with the clock machinery during mouse somitogenesis.
analysis of the roles of Mesp1 and Mesp2 through knockout mouse models
Title: Identification of presomitic mesoderm (PSM)-specific Mesp1 enhancer and generation of a PSM-specific Mesp1/Mesp2-null mouse using BAC-based rescue technology.

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Variation

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Alleles

Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)

Endonuclease-mediated (2)
Targeted (23) 1 citation

Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

Mesp2 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:547644

Mesp2 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:545956

NoName (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:492233

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables protein dimerization activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within Notch signaling pathway	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within Notch signaling pathway	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in heart morphogenesis	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in mesoderm formation	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within mesodermal cell migration	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within signal transduction involved in regulation of gene expression	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in somite rostral/caudal axis specification	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within somite rostral/caudal axis specification	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within somitogenesis	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within somitogenesis	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in nucleoplasm	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info
is_active_in nucleus	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in nucleus	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

General protein information

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Preferred Names: mesoderm posterior protein 2

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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