Drosophila and vertebrate myb proteins share two conserved regions, one of which functions as a DNA-binding domain.

AUTOR(ES)

Peters, C W

RESUMO

We report the nucleotide sequence of a cDNA clone of the Drosophila melanogaster homologue of c-myb, a member of the class of vertebrate transforming genes encoding nuclear proteins. We predict the mol. wt of the Drosophila myb (D-myb) protein to be 74,000. The D-myb protein contains two clusters of sequences homologous to vertebrate myb proteins, surrounded by sequences lacking homology. These results extend previous evidence for the existence of a D. melanogaster homologue of c-myb and identify two highly conserved and therefore presumably functionally important domains of c-myb proteins. DNA-binding experiments indicate that the NH2-proximal of the two homology regions functions as a DNA-binding domain. Based on the absence of the COOH-proximal homology region in truncated oncogenic derivatives of c-myb it is likely that this homology region encodes a function whose loss is involved in activating the oncogenic potential of c-myb.

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