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From: Disruption of zebrafish cyclin G-associated kinase (GAK) function impairs the expression of Notch-dependent genes during neurogenesis and causes defects in neuronal development

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The genomic organizations and the protein sequences of zebrafish GAK and auxilin. (A) The zGAK locus contains 28 exons and spans 78 kb of genomic DNA. The corresponding cDNA contains a 3834 bp ORF, encoding a polypeptide of 1278 amino acids with an Ark kinase domain (blue), a PTEN-homologous region (orange), a clathrin-binding motif (CBM), and a J-domain (green). Two morpholinos, GAK-MO1 and GAK-MO2, (red boxes) were designed to disrupt the splicing of zGAK mRNA by blocking the splice acceptors of exon3 and exon19, respectively. The amino acids deleted by GAK-MO1 injection are boxed in red. The premature stop codon (after Lys679) generated by GAK-MO2 injection is indicated by a red line. (B) The zAux locus is smaller, as it contains 17 exons and spans across 40 kb of genomic DNA. The zAux protein, encoded by a 2619 bp ORF, contains a PTEN-related region (orange), CBM, and J-domain (green). (C) A schematic drawing comparing the domain composition of zebrafish auxilin-related genes. The kinase, PTEN, and the J-domains are represented by blue, orange, and green boxes, respectively.

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