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The high degree of conservation of the particular TOX-type HMG-box sequence is therefore likely to reflect a specific DNA and/or protein interaction that is important for function of this protein subfamily.
The TOX subfamily is highly conserved in mice and humans, and is distributed on four separate chromosomes.
The other four kinesins with N-terminal motors that fall into the C-terminal subfamily form a subgroup that is most closely related to three C. elegans C-terminal kinesins.
The documentation of this unique subfamily of HMG box proteins is a necessary initial step in evaluation of their biological function.
In the case of the NIP subfamily characters emerge that are a composite of the AQP and GLP groupings, and the subfamily SIP shows even stronger similarities to both GLP and AQP types.