Protein
Male determiner protein Nix
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.
Sequence
MCKKRNAEINAEFDIIKKYCIYIGNIPFFASKNDVVVKFAEYGETCNIYMQSNKPHCDVKPAIVRYRSRKSVDKSLCLNNSKFGNTILIVLPLSLPYSRYLLTYDTCIVVYINDKNSCKTSMAELYDEFQKIGDIQNMFKTTNNMIYINFESEKSMQLSLATKPFLINNNIFKIKKVERNINMCGLNSESQDFSTNLKKKLLYNRSIGIFGLPSNATEERIAQIFSRFGDIQKITLICDVVGNSKQYGFIYYKKRTSANAAKVIMDGENFEGNKISVRFVPEKKVFKN