Protein
General control protein GCN4
Organism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Function
Is a transcription factor that is responsible for the activation of more than 30 genes required for amino acid or for purine biosynthesis in response to amino acid or purine starvation. Binds and recognize the DNA sequence: 5'-TGA[CG]TCA-3'.
Similarity
Belongs to the bZIP family. GCN4 subfamily.
Sequence
MSEYQPSLFALNPMGFSPLDGSKSTNENVSASTSTAKPMVGQLIFDKFIKTEEDPIIKQDTPSNLDFDFALPQTATAPDAKTVLPIPELDDAVVESFFSSSTDSTPMFEYENLEDNSKEWTSLFDNDIPVTTDDVSLADKAIESTEEVSLVPSNLEVSTTSFLPTPVLEDAKLTQTRKVKKPNSVVKKSHHVGKDDESRLDHLGVVAYNRKQRSIPLSPIVPESSDPAALKRARNTEAARRSRARKLQRMKQLEDKVEELLSKNYHLENEVARLKKLVGER