I have sequenced a gene which is probably involved in the localization of
glycolipids in a cyanobacterium. It has very little homology to other
sequences in Genbank but it does have an interesting repeated amino acid
motif. One segment of the protein has thirty-six degenerate repeats of
five amino acids including a mostly conserved leucine position. Does
anyone have any ideas about the potential function(s) of such repeats?
Kristin Black kb13 at midway.uchicago.edu
University of Chicago
