Protein
Serendipity locus protein delta
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Function
Transcriptional activator that controls bicoid gene expression during oogenesis. Found in transcriptionally active cells. Binds to specific sites on polytene chromosomes of third instar larvae. Binds to the consensus DNA sequence 5'-YTAGAGATGGRAA-3'.
Sequence
MDTCFFCGAVDLSDTGSSSSMRYETLSAKVPSSQKTVSLVLTHLANCIQTQLDLKPGARLCPRCFQELSDYDTIMVNLMTTQKRLTTQLKGALKSEFEVPESGEDILVEEVEIPQSDVETDADAEADALFVELVKDQEESDTEIKREFVDEEEEEDDDDDDEFICEDVDVGDSEALYGKSSDGEDRPTKKRVKQECTTCGKVYNSWYQLQKHISEEHSKQPNHICPICGVIRRDEEYLELHMNLHEGKTEKQCRYCPKSFSRPVNTLRHMRMHWDKKKYQCEKCGLRFSQDNLLYNHRLRHEAEENPIICSICNVSFKSRKTFNHHTLIHKENRPRHYCSVCPKSFTERYTLKMHMKTHEGDVVYGVREEAPADEQQVVEELHVDVDESEAAVTVIMSDNDENSGFCLICNTNFENKKELEHHLQFDHDVVLK