Fig. 3. The S. domuncula retinoid X receptor (RXR). The deduced RXR from
S. domuncula, RXR_SUBDO, was aligned with other most similar
sequences from human, retinoid X receptor gamma (RXRg_HUMAN; accession number
NP_008848), C. elegans, hormone receptor/zinc finger protein
(HR-ZF_CAEEL; NP_491103) and D. melanogaster, hepatocyte nuclear
factor 4 (HNF-4_DROME; S36218), as well as the partial sequence from a coral
(Acropora millepora), the nuclear receptor AmNR8 (AMNR8_ACRMI;
AAL29201). Residues conserved (similar or related with respect to their
similar physico-chemical properties) in all sequences are shown in white on
black and those occurring in at least three sequences in black on gray. The
characteristic DNA-binding domain, the two zinc finger modules (#++#) with the
conserved cysteine residues (C), are marked. The DNA-binding domain is
provided with the conserved residues of the P-box as well as of the D-box
(marked). In addition, the borders of the putative secondary structures within
the ligand-binding site, the ten
-helices (
H
) and the
ß-turn, have been adopted from Giguère
(1999). The nuclear receptor
signature (NRS) and the activator function-2 (AF2) are indicated.