Embryonic polarity protein dorsal DORS_DROME 999 CG6667 MFPNQNNGAAPGQGPAVDGQQSLNYNGLPAQQQQQLAQSTKNVRKKPYVKITEQPAGKALRFRYECEGRSAGSIPGVNSTPENKTYPTIEIVGYKGRAVVVVSCVTKDTPYRPHPHNLVGKEGCKKGVCTLEINSETMRAVFSNLGIQCVKKKDIEAALKAREEIRVDPFKTGFSHRFQPSSIDLNSVRLCFQVFMESEQKGRFTSPLPPVVSEPIFDKKAMSDLVICRLCSCSATVFGNTQIILLCEKVAKEDISVRFFEEKNGQSVWEAFGDFQHTDVHKQTAITFKTPRYHTLDITEPAKVFIQLRRPSDGVTSEALPFEYVPMDSGKHTFWNLHRHLKRKPDEDLFQQILRLDAKREVQPPTIEVIDLDTPKIDVQREIPSEMEFNHEESQQSEPALEQEQSVQQEQYTQEQSLQQEQYTQEQSLQQEQYLQQLEQQQSFQLEEPMQQDQELPAQQSFDQAIDHLPDHTSDHIPEDMEAADAHAEAEAHRLRSEQEKEIDTIIDEKVRELEQLDLGQQLEPRPLTANDKITEWMKSSEIEQQVHEPSPTAEADVLDSALEISKADKTLDELLETVAELDEIYTDFKVQRDTYKNTIQNELAGLQGRAPLQVEDSFDDAATYTSLQIAFKNPVLIPMDDIMPPTPPMSQCAPEDAHQHYDPVEVNSQARKPETPMRPVPPVPPAILTIQYPPEEDKLPPLPPKRIRKQDSNAENRSIEANTVQTKPSTGESPLNKRLPPAPKNPNFNTLPRQKKPGFFSKLFSRRKSKPDLAQGQENSSILDSKANSREPSIGHFNMQDPMRASLRSSKSAAPFISNPAPAKSSPVKAKKPGSKLTKPVGRSVSSVSGKRPAYLNADVVHIPLKGDSVNSLPQQQRTEGYSQSSTISVGAGLDRRTASALQLADIPISEGGMELVAIADRQSLHNLVSSIEGHFNVQLDPNLDLTEAEHFALYTSIPPLAAASEFDETSAYYAPVDAGEILTPDEVAKRLAAANGI dl Embryonic developmental protein. The lateral or ventral identity of a cell depends upon the concentration of dorsal protein in its nucleus during the blastoderm stage. Dorsal is a morphogenetic protein that specifically binds to the kappa B- related consensus sequence 5'-GRGAAAANCC-3', located in the enhancer region of zygotic genes such as Zen, Twist, Snail and Decapentaplegic. Mediates an immune response in Drosophila larvae.