Element:Hopscotch

Description Hopscotch is a Ty1/Copia LTR retrotransposon originally described in Zea mays (White et al. 1994) and also found in rice (Oryza sativa) (GenBank accession AC084320). Hopscotch belongs to the Retrofit clade within Branch 2 of the Ty1/Copia family (Llorens et al. 2009). The genome of Hopscotch is 4.8 Kb in size (4800 bp long) and presents an internal coding region disrupted by several stop codons but displaying the typical gag and pol domains associated to Ty1/Copia LTR retrotransposons (no information about LTRs is yet available). Structure Figure not to scale. If present, long terminal repeats (LTRs) have been highlighted in blue. Amino acid motifs noted with lines indicate the conserved residues in each protein domain, abbreviations below mean: MA=matrix PR=protease DU or DUT=dUTPase TM=transmembrane TAV or IBMP=transactivator/viroplasmin or inclusion body matrix protein CA=capsid RT=reverse transcriptase INT=Integrase CHR=chromodomain NC=nucleocapsid RH=RNaseH SU=surface MOV=movement protein PPT=polypurine tract PBS=primer binding site ATF=aphid transmission factor VAP=virion associated protein Related literature Mobile DNA II. (Craig et al. 2002)

Genbank accession: 20198550 Clade: Retrofit Cluster or genus: Undetermined Branch or class: Branch 2 Family: Ty1/Copia System: LTR retroelements Host: Explore the Tree Life Project Oryza sativa Image, Carlos Llorens, Copyright, GyDB, Biotech Vana Browse all elements