Favourite gene name?

[Michael Witty]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Dima Klenchin wrote:

> Michael Witty <mw132 at mole.bio.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> :> I like "cheap date", a Drosophila mutant with increased alcohol 
> :> sensitivity.
> :
> :One tragic case was the scientists (from a non-english speaking country)
> :who gave their Fucose Kinase sequence a name too obvious to mention.
> 
> Oh, LOL! Can hardly believe this is for real!
> 
>         - Dima

Dear Dima,
         sadly, it is true.  See the swissprot file below for proof.
Mike.

!!AA_SEQUENCE 1.0
ID   FUCK_HAEIN     STANDARD;      PRT;   470 AA.
AC   P44399;
DT   01-NOV-1995 (Rel. 32, Created)
DT   01-NOV-1995 (Rel. 32, Last sequence update)
DT   30-MAY-2000 (Rel. 39, Last annotation update)
DE   L-FUCULOKINASE (EC 2.7.1.51).
GN   FUCK OR HI0613.                          <========================
OS   Haemophilus influenzae.
OC   Bacteria; Proteobacteria; gamma subdivision; Pasteurellaceae;
OC   Haemophilus.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=727;
RN   [1]
RP   SEQUENCE FROM N.A.
RC   STRAIN=RD / KW20 / ATCC 51907;
RX   MEDLINE=95350630; PubMed=7542800;
RA   Fleischmann R.D., Adams M.D., White O., Clayton R.A., Kirkness E.F.,
RA   Kerlavage A.R., Bult C.J., Tomb J.-F., Dougherty B.A., Merrick J.M.,
RA   McKenney K., Sutton G., Fitzhugh W., Fields C.A., Gocayne J.D.,
RA   Scott J.D., Shirley R., Liu L.-I., Glodek A., Kelley J.M.,
RA   Weidman J.F., Phillips C.A., Spriggs T., Hedblom E., Cotton M.D.,
RA   Utterback T.R., Hanna M.C., Nguyen D.T., Saudek D.M., Brandon R.C.,
RA   Fine L.D., Fritchman J.L., Fuhrmann J.L., Geoghagen N.S.M.,
RA   Gnehm C.L., McDonald L.A., Small K.V., Fraser C.M., Smith H.O.,
RA   Venter J.C.;
RT   "Whole-genome random sequencing and assembly of Haemophilus
influenzae
RT   Rd.";
RL   Science 269:496-512(1995).
CC   -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: ATP + L-FUCULOSE = ADP + L-FUCULOSE
CC       1-PHOSPHATE.
CC   -!- PATHWAY: SECOND STEP IN FUCOSE METABOLISM.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: BELONGS TO THE FUCOKINASE / GLUCONOKINASE /
CC       GLYCEROKINASE / XYLULOKINASE FAMILY.
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DR   EMBL; U32743; AAC22272.1; -.
DR   TIGR; HI0613; -.
DR   InterPro; IPR000577; -.
DR   Pfam; PF00370; FGGY; 1.
DR   PROSITE; PS00445; FGGY_KINASES_2; 1.
DR   PROSITE; PS00933; FGGY_KINASES_1; 1.
KW   Fucose metabolism; Transferase; Kinase.
SQ   SEQUENCE   470 AA;  51949 MW;  9FAEE26213E9AB7A CRC64;

FUCK_HAEIN  Length: 470  February 8, 2001 09:42  Type: P  Check: 8849  ..

       1  MAIALIFDCG ATNLRTIAIN EKGQILASHH LANNTKQGIE SSDYHIWDIE 

      51  EIWQKLTSCA TQTLNQLMQQ GIDLKDIVGI SVTTFGVDGA PFDENDQQLY 

     101  PIISWKCPRT IPVMENLSNQ LDIKSLYQRN GIGQYSFNTL FKLHWLKTHK 

     151  PDVFQKMAKF VFISSMLTQR LTGQFTTDHT MAGTSMMTNL TSGNWDPSIL 

     201  ASLGLSNNHF PPMRYAGEKV GKLRTPLAQK WGLNPVPVIS CGHDTQFAVF 

     251  GSGAGLNQPV LSSGTWEILM ARTQHAEPRF EFVSQGLTTE FDAQSNCFNP 

     301  AVQWVGSGVI EWLGKLLFSD VYGSDHYYTT MIKEGEKAFN AGKRAVNFEG 

     351  IFSQLGQGNI SGLSMFATRG EIYVSALQHM ANKLKNGLSV LHQVSQFQAK 

     401  SLICVGGGSK NVLWNQIRAN TLNLPIDVVD ISESTVLGAA MFTFAGVGIY 

     451  ENVNAAQQAM QPTRKRIYPN