Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2) is a multifunc-tional protein involved in chromatin organization and silencing of methylated DNA. MAR-BD, a 125-amino-acid residue domain of chicken MeCP2 (cMeCP2, origin-ally named ARBP), is the minimal protein fragment required to recognize MAR elements and mouse satellite DNA. Here we report the solution structure of MAR-BD as determined by multidimensional heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy.