Protein
Protein male-specific lethal-3
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Function
The MSL proteins are essential for elevating transcription of the single X chromosome in the male (X chromosome dosage compensation). Mle, msl-1 and msl-3 are colocalized on the X chromosome. Each of the MSL proteins requires all the other MSLs for wild-type X-chromosome binding.
Sequence
MTELRDETPLFHKGEIVLCYEPDKSKARVLYTSKVLNVFERRNEHGLRFYEYKIHFQGWRPSYDRCVRATVLLKDTEENRQLQRELAEAAKLQIRGDYSYKGTPDKPSAKKKRGGKAAHVEEPIVVPMDTGHLEAEHEMAPTPRAAGNRTRDNSGGKRKEKPPSGDGRLKGNRGRQTETFYNNAINDVSVYNHVPQEDRIMMRVSERLRELIEYDRNMIKVLGKQHALPARVPIVTIMENFVKQQAVELAISIKQDSSRARNTQSRNARMEREYDRVMSTVCMLKEVVDGLRIYFEFHVDDHLLYTEEKEYVHNYLTDDNMRNCSLILNKSYEYINPSGDTELIGLDGTPVVEGSGDTNGQIGVINIGGPEYEKQLQKCLLYIVTASGKNTAQAYERTSPYTAAYKLPVEMRGFLNETFKWRLLSAESPPEKSMVFGAPHLVRLMIKMPMFLNASPISNKKLEDLLPHLDAFINYLENHREWFDRENFVNSTALPQEDLQRELLDSLDGIAA