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- * Nuclear transition protein 1 signature *
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- In mammals, the second stage of spermatogenesis is characterized by the
- conversion of nucleosomal chromatin to the compact, nonnucleosomal and
- transcriptionally inactive form found in the sperm nucleus. This condensation
- is associated with a double-protein transition. The first transition
- corresponds to the replacement of histones by several spermatid-specific
- proteins (also called transition proteins) which are themselves replaced by
- protamines during the second transition.
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- Nuclear transition protein 1 (TP1) [1] is one of these spermatid-specific
- proteins. TP1 is a basic protein of 54 amino-acid residues whose sequence is
- well conserved in mammalian species. As a signature pattern, we selected a
- heptapeptide located in positions 28 to 34. This heptapeptide contains five
- basic residues (Arg or Lys) as well as a tyrosine that could be essential for
- the destabilization of chromatin by intercalating between the bases of DNA.
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- -Consensus pattern: S-K-R-K-Y-R-K
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: December 1991 / First entry.
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- [ 1] Chirat F., Martinage A., Briand G., Kouach M., van Dorsselaer A., Loir M.
- Eur. J. Biochem. 198:13-20(1991).
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