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From: Differential expression of the adult specifier E93 in the strepsipteran Xenos vesparum Rossi suggests a role in female neoteny

Figure 2

The structure of Xenos vesparum XvE93. (A) Predicted amino acid sequence of XvE93. The two HTH-DNA binding motifs, RHF1 (grey box) and RHF2 (stripped box), are indicated. The two NR-box are boxed in black. The CtBP-interaction motif (CtBP-im) is single-line stripped boxed. (B) Comparison of the domain structure of E93 homologs. Tribolium castaneum (TmE93), Apis mellifera (AmE93), Bombyx mori (BmE93), Drosophila melanogaster (DmE93), Zootermopsis nevadensis (ZnE93), Blattella germanica (BgE93), Caenorhabditis elegans (CeE93) and Homo sapiens (HsLCoR). The percentages indicate the sequence identities within each domain. (C) Comparison of the RHF2 domain of XvE93 with those from other E93 homologs. Amino acid residues highly conserved in E93 insects, MBR-1 from C. elegans and human LCoR are indicated by a reverse background, whereas moderate conserved residues are shaded in grey. The positions of the three helices are indicated by horizontal bars.

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