Repbase Reports
2008, Volume 8, Issue 3
March 31, 2008
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ISSN# 1534-830X
Page 232

Crypton-1_NV

Crypton-type DNA transposon.

Submitted:
12-Mar-2008 		Accepted:
31-Mar-2008
Key Words:
Crypton; DNA transposon; Transposable Element; Crypton-1_NV
Source:
Nematostella vectensis 		Organism:
Nematostella vectensis 		Taxonomy:
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Zoantharia; Actiniaria; Edwardsiidae; Nematostella
[2] Authors:
Jurka,J. and Kapitonov,V.V.
Title:
First Cryptons from invertebrates.
Journal:
Repbase Reports 8(3), 232-232 (2008)
Abstract:
This is a clear transposon-like element encoding DIRS tyrosine recombinase. It is distantly related to DIRS-type elements but it lacks reverse transcriptase and has 30-bp sub-terminal inverted repeats (pos. 1-33 and 1667-1698), and a 3'-terminal palindrome (pos. 1705-1832). After identification of other protein sequences closest to the Nematostella recombinase we found that they are also not associated with reverse transcriptase (Crypton-1_SP). Therefore, it is classified as a Crypton-type transposon (first reported in fungi ref. 1).
Derived:
[2] (Consensus)
Download Sequence - Format:
IG, EMBL, FASTA
References:
  1. Goodwin,T.J., Butler,M.I. and Poulter,R.T.
    Cryptons: a group of tyrosine-recombinase-encoding DNA transposons from pathogenic fungi.
    Microbiology 149(Pt 11), 3099-3109 (2003)

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