Lytechinus pictus SPEC-resembling protein (LPS)

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Lytechinus pictus SPEC-resembling protein (LPS) evolved by a recent gene duplication and fusion from a four domain precursor, possibly common to the precursor of SPEC. The distribution of introns in the two halves of LPS is similar to one another and to that in SPEC. Further, interdomains 2,3 and 6,7 of LPS are similar to interdomain 2,3 of SPEC [51]. The function of LPS is not known.