Figure 1.

Predicted amino acid sequence of NhKIN1. Filled arrowheads denote positions of introns. Splice junctions were verified by sequencing of NhKIN1 cDNA. Conserved amino acids from which degenerate primers were made are underlined. Asterisks indicate the first amino acid in each of three potential nucleotide-binding motifs, identified by the program PROSITE (Bairock, 1992). Boxed amino acids designate a highly conserved region shared among conventional kinesins, as noted for Nkin (Steinberg and Schliwa, 1995). Open arrowheads depict positions of leucines in the leucine zipper motif.