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The Drosophila EGF receptor gene homolog: conservation of both hormone binding and kinase domains

E Livneh et al. Cell. 1985 Mar.

Abstract

Chicken v-erB probe was used to isolate a unique clone of Drosophila melanogaster DNA. It maps by in situ hybridization to position 57F on chromosome 2. A complete nucleotide sequence of the coding region has been obtained. The putative Drosophila EGF receptor protein is similar in overall organization to the human homolog. It shows three distinct domains: an extracellular putative EGF binding domain, a hydrophobic transmembrane region, and a cytoplasmic kinase domain. The overall amino acid homology is 41% in the extracellular domain and 55% in the kinase domain. Two cysteine-rich regions, a hallmark of the human ligand-binding domain, have also been conserved. Fusion of the coding sequences of the kinase and extracellular domains generating the receptor gene must have occurred over 800 million years ago.

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