This domain was first identified in drosophila MSL1 (male-specific lethal 1) [1]. In drosophila it binds to the histone acetyltransferase males-absent on the first protein (MOF) and to protein male-specific lethal-3 (MSL3) [2-3].

1: Evolution of chromatin-remodeling complexes: comparative genomics reveals the ancient origin of "novel" compensasome genes. Marin I; J Mol Evol. 2003;56:527-539. PMID:12698291

2: Functional integration of the histone acetyltransferase MOF into the dosage compensation complex. Morales V, Straub T, Neumann MF, Mengus G, Akhtar A, Becker PB; EMBO J. 2004;23:2258-2268. PMID:15141166

3: Structural basis for MOF and MSL3 recruitment into the dosage compensation complex by MSL1. Kadlec J, Hallacli E, Lipp M, Holz H, Sanchez-Weatherby J, Cusack S, Akhtar A; Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2011;18:142-149. PMID:21217699