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In his earnest efforts to give the South a fair shake, Applebome, a native Long Islander now raising a family in Georgia, begins by puncturing Northern stereotypes and sanctimony about the South.
There are 4 members in the syndecan family (syndecan-1 through-4) [ 39 40 ] . Syndecan-1, -2 and -4 are known to bind to extracellular matrix proteins and syndecan-1 and -4 have been shown to support stress fiber formation in conjunction with integrins [ 41 42 43 44 45 ] . The HSPGs we have identified as III1-C receptors have core proteins that migrate at the approximate sizes of syndecan-1 (~69 kDa core protein) and syndecan-2 (~48 kDa core protein) [ 40 ] . It is therefore possible that our 46 kDa and 70 kDa HSPGs represent syndecan family members.
Whereas in vertebrates KIAA0601 has been shown to interact with the histone-deacetylase-containing complexes [ 32, 33], the presence of multiple proteins in this family could point to the formation of other distinct complexes.
Comparison of family members to proteins in its own genome and the genomes of other organisms can lead to further characterization of the proteins and provide clues to their function.
In particular, if the identification of the M. jannaschii cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase is indeed correct, this enzyme would have to be a derivative of a specific family of polysaccharide hydrolases containing a signal peptide but no recognizable ATP-binding or RNA-binding domains.