MESP2 (Mesoderm Posterior BHLH Transcription Factor 2) is a Protein Coding gene. Diseases associated with MESP2 include Spondylocostal Dysostosis 2, Autosomal Recessive and Spondylocostal Dysostosis, Autosomal Recessive. Among its related pathways are Cardiac Progenitor Differentiation and Gene regulatory network modelling somitogenesis. MESP2 encodes a member of the bHLH family of transcription factors and plays a key role in defining the rostrocaudal patterning of somites via interactions with multiple Notch signaling pathways.MESP2 is expressed in the anterior presomitic mesoderm and is downregulated immediately after the formation of segmented somites. MESP2 also plays a role in the formation of epithelial somitic mesoderm and cardiac mesoderm. Mutations in the MESP2 gene cause autosomal recessive spondylocostal dystosis 2 (SCD02).
