Figure 7
The AS-C in A. mellifera. A) Comparison of D.m.L'sc with the predicted A.m.Ash protein. Two forms were compared, without intron sequence, A.m.Ash/i, and with translated intron, A.m.Ash. Arrows mark additional splice consensus sites. B) Within 40 kb of A.m.ash, there is a second potential gene encoding a widely diverged bHLH protein. Two different programs were used for gene prediction that gives A.m.Ase/GS (Chris Burge's Genscan program) and A.m.Ase/GW (GeneWise model); both predicted proteins were aligned with D.m.Ase. Decent conservation is only found in the putative bHLH domains (purple). Identical residues are marked in blue; red shows highly related and yellow similar residues.