Protein
Meiosis-specific protein PAIR2
Organism
Oryza sativa subsp. japonica
Function
Essential factor for meiotic homologous chromosome pairing (synapsis) (PubMed:14758540). Plays an essential role in promoting homologous chromosome synapsis. Does not seem to play a role in chromosomal axial element formation, sister chromatid cohesion at centromeres or kinetochore assembly in meiosis I (PubMed:16410547).
Sequence
MVMAQKTKEAEITEQDSLLLTRNLLRIAIYNISYIRGLFPEKYFNDKSVPALEMKIKKLMPMDTESRRLIDWMEKGVYDALQKKYLKTLLFCICEKEEGPMIEEYAFSFSYPNTSGDEVAMNLSRTGSKKNSATFKSNAAEVTPDQMRSSACKMIRTLVSLMRTLDQMPEERTILMKLLYYDDVTPEDYEPPFFKCCADNEAINIWNKNPLKMEVGNVNSKHLVLALKVKSVLDPCDDNNVNSEDDNMSLDNESDQDNDFSDTEVRPSEAERYIVAPNDGTCKGQNGTISEDDTQDPVHEEELTAQVREWICSRDTESLEVSDVLVNFPDISMEMVEDIMERLLKDGLLSRAKKDSYSVNKIADPTTPHIKKEVIMQNVSPTEGTKNSNGDLMYMKALYHALPMDYVSVGKLHGKLDGEASQNMVRKLIEKMVQDGYVKNSANRRLGKAVIHSEVTNRKLLEIKKILEVDIAEQMAIDTNAEPGEPERKDHLSGHEMRDGSTMGCLQSVGSDLTRTRELPEPQQNVSMQSGQEASTVDKDPSRTPTSVREQASVCSLESGVLGQKVRKSLAGAGGTQCSQDKRFRKASTVKEPILQYVKRQKSQVQVQVQ