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Nix

Gene
Nix
Protein
Male determiner protein Nix
Organism
Aedes aegypti
Length
288 amino acids
Function
Male determiner protein (M-factor) that controls male somatic sexual differentiation. Acts as a dominant factor that regulates the mRNA splicing of doublesex (dsx) or fruitless (fru) transcripts and promotes expression of male splice forms of dsx and fru.
Mass
33.163 kDa
Sequence
MCKKRNAEINAEFDIIKKYCIYIGNIPFFASKNDVVVKFAEYGETCNIYMQSNKPHCDVKPAIVRYRSRKSVDKSLCLNNSKFGNTILIVLPLSLPYSRYLLTYDTCIVVYINDKNSCKTSMAELYDEFQKIGDIQNMFKTTNNMIYINFESEKSMQLSLATKPFLINNNIFKIKKVERNINMCGLNSESQDFSTNLKKKLLYNRSIGIFGLPSNATEERIAQIFSRFGDIQKITLICDVVGNSKQYGFIYYKKRTSANAAKVIMDGENFEGNKISVRFVPEKKVFKN