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The four aldehyde oxidases of Drosophila melanogaster have different gene expression patterns and enzyme substrate specificities.
The Journal of experimental biology - 15 Jun 2014
Marelja Zvonimir, Dambowsky Miriam, Bolis Marco, Georgiou Marina L, Garattini Enrico, Missirlis Fanis, Leimkühler Silke
Abstract excerpt
In the genome of Drosophila melanogaster, four genes coding for aldehyde oxidases (AOX1-4) were identified on chromosome 3. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the AOX gene cluster evolved via independent duplication events in the vertebrate and invertebrate lineages. The functional role and the substrate specificity of the distinct Drosophila AOX enzymes is unknown. Two loss-of-function mutant alleles in this gene...
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