Protein Domain : HSR domain IPR004865

Type	Domain
Description	The Sp100 protein is a constituent of nuclear domains, also known as nuclear dots (NDs). An ND-targeting region that coincides with a homodimerisation domain was mapped in Sp100. Sequences similar to the Sp100 homodimerization/ND-targeting region occur in several other proteins and constitute a novel protein motif, termed HSR domain (for homogeneously-staining region) [ ]. This domain can also be found in Vertebrate AutoImmune REgulator (AIRE) protein, a transcription regulator predominantly expressed in thymus medullary epithelial cells which also localises to nuclear dots []. The HSR domain, which has also been named ASS (AIRE, Sp-100 and Sp140) domain [ ], can be found alone or in association with other domains, such as SAND , PHD finger and Bromo , The HSR domain is predicted to be predominantly α-helical [ , , ].
Short Name	HSR_dom