Protein
Maternal effect protein oskar
Organism
Drosophila virilis
Function
Organizes the germ plasm and directs localization of the posterior determinant nanos. Oskar protein is required to keep oskar RNA and staufen protein at the posterior pole (By similarity).
Sequence
MATFRSEFNSVPNTYNQRLTALKKKLTTCFQQWRQQLLKLHQQQQQPKQQQQQQQHQSQHQHQQQKQKQRGSEHFYNIFVRADCSILSEKVTYLRKFKRIFTARQNLASARTAATAASAKQPVLGRCIGQEEQQLQIVASLFSSTLISKHSSSASITSSSMTIMDNTYIGVRDEYPDIDTEIRSILLANAQNGITISSIKKEYRQLTGTAFPLHDNITDFLLTIPHVTAECCESGKRIFNIKPTEHTRHLHEMILQQRQRDSVSNPIQAQEPPRLWRAQYKRRIPQHFNFNLNTSEKPPAVKISKLQPLATAAAMSNDVYQDNWKHLNNQYQLPQLNAPKNNIHSHIASNPAQLQAALPAEHHPSKHVEEYAHKRRHEYTRTPTTLSCPSTQHDSMFTINSDYDAYLLDFPLLGDDFFLYLARMELKCRFKKFEKVLQSGLCISGQTINAARQRLRLVELPEMTQIIVNIGSEDIMRGRSLVQIEHDFRLLVKEMHNRRFVPVLTTLAPLANCRHDKQTCDKVSRFNKFIRSEGRHLKVIDIHSCLINENGIVRFDCFQNGPRSVTGSSEPYVFWNKIGRQRVLHMIEENLEYY