Submitting the sequence to PROSITE (looking for sequences for known motifs) gives one result: GLQNRRINLLSHDYGDIVAQELLYRYKQNRSGRLTIK = Pumilio RNA-binding repeat and homology domain profiles. This is what they have to say about the motif:
“Members of the Pumilio family of proteins (Puf) regulate translation and mRNA stability in a wide variety of eukaryotic organisms including mammals, flies, worms, slime mold, and yeast. Pumilio family members are characterized by the presence of eight tandem copies of an imperfectly repeated 36 amino acids sequence motif, the Pumilio repeat, surrounded by a short N- and C-terminal conserved region.”
Since they mention a 8 tandem repeat of the 36 amino acid sequence above, is this result plaussible?
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