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It forms a 2:2 hetero-tetramer with MAJIN that binds telomeric DNA strongly and is anchored through flexible linkers to the inner nuclear membrane, while simultaneously engaging TERB1 in a 1:1 complex via TERB1's dedicated T2B domain [PMID:30559341, PMID:29141207]. Through these two interfaces TERB2 nucleates the TERB1-TERB2-MAJIN assembly, which is sequentially recruited to telomeres by TRF1; TRF1 is later displaced during pachytene so that the complex binds telomeric DNA directly to form a mature attachment plate [PMID:30559341, PMID:29141207]. Specific disruption of either the TERB1-TERB2 or TERB2-MAJIN interaction abolishes telomere attachment to the nuclear envelope and causes aberrant pairing and disordered synapsis, establishing TERB2's bridging role as essential to the tethering network [PMID:30718482]. 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