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Pof | Protein painting of fourth; Probable RNA-binding protein that specifically binds to the fourth chromosome and may bind an RNA that spreads the fourth chromosome. May be a reminiscence of X chromosome dosage compensation of ancestral Drosophila species in which the X and the fourth chromosomes are one single chromosome. (495 aa) | ||||
pyx | Transient receptor potential channel pyrexia; Receptor-activated non-selective cation channel involved in protection or tolerance from high temperature stress. Activated by temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. More permeable to K(+) than to Na(+). May act in stress protection allow flies to survive in natural environments. (956 aa) |