Protein
Maternal protein exuperantia-1
Organism
Drosophila pseudoobscura pseudoobscura
Function
Ensures the proper localization of the mRNA of the bicoid gene to the anterior regions of the oocyte thus playing a fundamental role in the establishment of the polarity of the oocyte. May bind the bcd mRNA (By similarity).
Sequence
MVAEISKDCVTIAAADQCVDMKEELPAGNYILVGVDVDTTGRRLIDEIVQLAAYTPKDNFQQYIMPYMNLNPAARQRHQIRVISIGFYRMLKSMQTYKIIKSKSEVAALMDFLNWLEMLVAKQPSTDGIVMLYHEERKFIPYMVLEALKKYGLIERFNRTVKSFVNTFNMAKASLGDANLKNCGLRKLSLLLAKSNDESANKENEPENVNRNGSSNDKCHKNGMNQEHDFFEGSANVRAKMVYEVALQLTNSDRTSEPESSEELVNLFNAVKPFAKLVSSDIMELQTQNENMGRQNSFRPVFLNYFRTTLYHRVRAVKFRIVLAENGFTLDSLKAIWTEKRKEGLELALTNIDTLKTEEKTELVELLDSFFDPSKATIKPSFKPNGNGPRRRIRANGAASSKNGAMSSRSTSTEFGAGGDKSQTEGLSAPVPDSTTKSPSPGKTGGRPHRKRNNTRNGFGSAKGPKKAETLNIAAPEPPQSPVAVSTPVAIAATN