Protein
Zygotic gap protein knirps
Organism
Drosophila virilis
Function
Transcriptional repressor. Binds to multiple sites in the eve stripe 3 enhancer element. Plays an essential role in the segmentation process both by refining the expression patterns of gap genes and by establishing pair-rules stripes of gene expression (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the nuclear hormone receptor family. NR0 subfamily.
Sequence
MNQTCKVCGEPAAGFHFGAFTCEGCKSFFGRSYNNISTISECKNDGKCIIDKKNRTTCKACRLRKCYNVGMSKGGSRYGRRSNWFKIHCLLQEHEQAAAAAAGKAPGHATGSPMSSPGFGDLAAHLQQQQQQHQQQQQQQHQHQQQQQRHPHLPPLLGYTGYHLPEHFGARHPADAAAAAAALPFFSMMATPQSAFQLPPHLLFPGYHASAAAAAAADAAYRQEMYKHRQSVDSAASAESHSRYTPPTVATVPQQSQPQPAASPIDVCLGADDDVQSQHSHSHSHSQSQSPHTIHTPVAIRATPPQQLLPGLTTASHSSSASPTPSKSQSSSPLSFTAKMQSLSPVSVCSIGGETAAANAAASAAAAAQDGPMDLSMKTSRSSVHSFNDSDVCSLQDEHELAARRKYYQLEAECTTITNTTNSCSSSTSTSSSNSSTSSTEAAVAVKRQKLNPIGGESPPFGGFAVTHNASSAMRSIFVCV