ID EXU2_DROPS STANDARD; PRT; 477 AA. AC Q24617; DT 01-NOV-1997 (Rel. 35, Created) DT 01-NOV-1997 (Rel. 35, Last sequence update) DT 01-NOV-1997 (Rel. 35, Last annotation update) DE Maternal exuperantia 2 protein. GN EXU2. OS Drosophila pseudoobscura (Fruit fly). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Tracheata; Hexapoda; Insecta; OC Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; OC Ephydroidea; Drosophilidae; Drosophila. OX NCBI_TaxID=7237; RN [1] RP SEQUENCE FROM N.A. RX MEDLINE=94350208; PubMed=8070663; RA Luk S.K.-S., Kilpatrick M., Kerr K., Macdonald P.M.; RT "Components acting in localization of bicoid mRNA are conserved among RT Drosophila species."; RL Genetics 137:521-530(1994). CC -!- FUNCTION: ENSURES THE PROPER LOCALIZATION OF THE MRNA OF THE CC BICOID GENE TO THE ANTERIOR REGIONS OF THE OOCYTE THUS PLAYING CC A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POLARITY OF THE CC OOCYTE. MAY BIND THE BCD MRNA (BY SIMILARITY). CC -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC This SWISS-PROT entry is copyright. It is produced through a collaboration CC between the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the EMBL outstation - CC the European Bioinformatics Institute. There are no restrictions on its CC use by non-profit institutions as long as its content is in no way CC modified and this statement is not removed. Usage by and for commercial CC entities requires a license agreement (See http://www.isb-sib.ch/announce/ CC or send an email to license@isb-sib.ch). CC -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; L22553; AAA28523.1; -. DR FlyBase; FBgn0014783; Dpse\exu2. KW Developmental protein; RNA-binding. FT DOMAIN 249 271 GLU/SER/PRO/THR-RICH (PEST REGION). SQ SEQUENCE 477 AA; 53194 MW; 8B5334A77DB9467B CRC64; MVSAISEDSA SATASGQCEV VKEELPAGNY ILVAVEIDTT GRRLIDEIVQ LAGYTSKGNF QQYIMPYMNL NQAARQRHQI RVISIGFYRM LKSMQTYKII KSKSEVAALM DFLNWLETLL AKQPNKEGIV MLYHDDRKFI PYMILEALKK YSLIDRFNRS VKAFANTCPM AKTFLGKHGI KNCGLRKLSM LLAKSKDGNS TKEDEHENPE GNSSITDNSG HKNQKQGAFE GSANVRAKMV YEMALQLIES ESTESPESFE SPESSESSEA EVKLLNAVRP FSQLLSSTIL ELKDQNHSLG RQNSFRPVFL NYFRTTLNYR VRAVKYRIGL AEHGFTLKSL KAIWSDKRKP GLELVLTAID SLKTEETAEL LDLLDSYYDP SKTTIKPRCK RSGNGTRRRN RAKGAASSKN GAIGAGGDNS VPDSATKPGG RPRRKRNNIR NNILGPQNTE KGSPKAEMKT STPKSMSIKP PSEFADI //