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Lire1

Gene
Lire1
Protein
LINE-1 retrotransposable element ORF1 protein
Organism
Mus musculus
Length
357 amino acids
Function
Nucleic acid-binding protein which is essential for retrotransposition of LINE-1 elements in the genome. Functions as a nucleic acid chaperone binding its own transcript and therefore preferentially mobilizing the transcript from which they are encoded.
Similarity
Belongs to the transposase 22 family.
Mass
41.226 kDa
Sequence
MAKGKRKNPTNRNQDHSPSSERSTPTPPSPGHPNTTENLDPDLKTFLMMMIEDIKKDFHKSLKDLQESTAKELQALKEKQENTAKQVMEMNKTILELKGEVDTIKKTQSEATLEIETLGKRSGTIDASISNRIQEMEERISGAEDSIENIDTTVKENTKCKRILTQNIQVIQDTMRRPNLRIIGIDENEDFQLKGPANIFNKIIEENFPNIKKEMPMIIQEAYRTPNRLDQKRNSSRHIIIRTTNALNKDRILKAVREKGQVTYKGRPIRITPDFSPETMKARRAWTDVIQTLREHKCQPRLLYPAKLSITIDGETKVFHDKTKFTQYLSTNPALQRIITEKKQYKDGNHALEQPRK