Protein
Protein painting of fourth
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Function
Probable RNA-binding protein that specifically binds to the fourth chromosome and may bind an RNA that spreads the fourth chromosome. May be a reminiscence of X chromosome dosage compensation of ancestral Drosophila species in which the X and the fourth chromosomes are one single chromosome.
Sequence
MDSKRAALESGDGPDAKRLDTTDDQDKEASGGDGSQVMLAKHVAPYTGHGCTPPMESYLFEPTPAGSQLLPWKTSVDLDNDAELEKPTSDKKPDTAKLSRRELAKMRREHTLRALALERELTNKPGQTPASEVLLVRFPDPEITAPMLAGLSKDIRDVVLPISVAPRYCLVHLKAGADVEATICDINRVRFGTGHLRAELKPFSDEEQAEFIDPCSLYVGNIPFNMTTSAIKAYFANAMRVDIGVLKREKRARYAFVRYASPDQTMEAFKELVDSPLNSRTLTVRYRRLRKRAGMPMVQCATSFQALQSPNGDDDNTDCKVISPPPLESIIISDSDNCSDSSGNGKEDGKRKKKINEQEREIEKLKRQMAEYGAIIKSLQFRQNSLEDTFIPDLTPKVEPSVNPTGCLLGSNAVHLMRDIKKECDYLGIPDPVPATKPTTQAQDDSQKKAKRSCFGRLFTGPFRRGTSAMKTADEYEKDDRLEELYAQLERDPDP