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FB2013_03, released May 7th, 2013
 

Allele Dmel\eyD1Da

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SymbolDmel\eyD1DaSpeciesD. melanogaster
NameFlyBase IDFBal0117527
Feature typealleleAssociated geneDmel\ey
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Mutagendiepoxybutane
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sequence variant
evidence=experimental
comment=A region of 37bp is deleted and replaced by 5bp (GTCGG). This results in a frameshift and premature translation termination. A protein of 682 amino acids is produced, the last 29 of which are unrelated to wild type ey sequence.
comment=@complex_change_in_nucleotide_sequence ; SO:1000005
comment=@plus_1_frameshift_mutation ; SO:1000066
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eyD1Da encodes a peptide truncated at amino acid 682.
37bp deletion (from position 2051 to 2080) is replaced by 5bp (GTCGG) in exon 9. This results in a frameshift and premature translation termination at position 2170. The predicted protein produced is 682 amino acids with the last 29 being unrelated to wild-type ey sequence.
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mushroom body & neuron
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ey[D1Da]/ey[JD] mutant flies are smaller in size than wild-type. Wing size is reduced by approximately 10%, and the average weight of mutant flies is between 66-68% of wild-type body weight. In ey[D1Da]/ey[JD] mutant brains, the morphology of the insulin producing cells (IPCs) is abnormal. Clustering of the IPC somata is disrupted in mutants, with disorganisation of the IPC cluster and reduced cell size. Overgrowth of IPC neurites along the dorsal-most periphery of the brain is frequently observed. The IPC axonal projections exhibit morphological defects. Proximal to the somata, the median bundle is thinner than in controls. Further distal, the median bundle displays a prominent defasciculation phenotype in which axons defasciculate from the median bundle as they project ventrally.
Homozygotes have reduced eyes. The ellipsoid body of the adult brain is disrupted.
Homozygotes show 13% lethality. eyD1Da/Df(4)J2 flies show 29% lethality. Eyes are reduced in size in homozygotes; 14% have eyes that are 0-25% of wild-type size, 14% have eyes that are 25-50% of wild-type size, 72% have eyes that are 50-75% of wild-type size and 0% have eyes that are 75-100% of wild-type size. Homozygous adults have smaller brains than normal, with defects in the optic lobes, the central complex and the mushroom bodies. In the optic lobe, the lamina is often smaller and flatter than normal, the medulla is reduced in size and mispositioned, the medulla cortex is severely underdeveloped and the serpentine layer (which separates the distal and proximal part of the medulla) is disorganised. The lobula and lobula plate are reduced in size, the internal chiasm is abnormal and ectopic fibre bundles which appear to originate directly from the lamina are seen in the lobula/lobula plate complex. Fusion of the optic lobe with the central brain is occasionally seen. The mushroom body lobes are generally not recognisable in homozygous flies, while peduncles are seen in most brains, but they are greatly reduced in diameter. The calyces of the mushroom bodies are reduced in size. In the central complex, the ellipsoid body appears to be fused to the fan-shaped body and both these neuropils are not well separated from the surrounding protocerebral neuropil. The protocerebral bridge is disintegrated into several chunks of neuropil. The total volume of the central complex is almost unchanged compared to wild type. Abnormal neuronal projections are seen in the ellipsoid and fan-shaped bodies. Homozygous flies are extremely reluctant to walk, both in "Buridan's paradigm" and a stepping analyser experiment. Eyes are reduced in size in eyD1Da/Df(4)J2 flies; 31% have eyes that are 0-25% of wild-type size, 25% have eyes that are 25-50% of wild-type size, 43% have eyes that are 50-75% of wild-type size and 1% have eyes that are 75-100% of wild-type size. eyD1Da/Df(4)J2 flies show severe mushroom body and central complex defects. 100% of ey2/eyD1Da flies have eyes which are 75-100% of wild-type size and they have no overt defects in the mushroom body or central complex. 89% of eyR/eyD1Da flies have eyes which are 75-100% of wild-type size, 9% have eyes that are 50-75% of wild-type size, 1% have eyes that are 25-50% of wild-type size and 1% have eyes that are 0-25% of wild-type size. The flies have no overt defects in the mushroom body or central complex. Eyes are reduced in size in eyD1Da/eyJ5.71 flies; 43% have eyes that are 0-25% of wild-type size, 14% have eyes that are 25-50% of wild-type size, 38% have eyes that are 50-75% of wild-type size and 5% have eyes that are 75-100% of wild-type size. eyD1Da/eyJ5.71 flies show severe mushroom body and central complex defects.
The number of mushroom body neurons and the size of the mushroom body neuropil is reduced in homozygous adults.
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ey[+]/eyD1Da is an enhancer of visible phenotype of pbRev3.HSPB
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ey[+]/eyD1Da is an enhancer of eye phenotype of pbRev3.HSPB
eyD1Da is an enhancer of eye phenotype of pbRev3.HSPB
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ey[+]/eyD1Da is a non-enhancer of mushroom body phenotype of dacP
ey[+]/eyD1Da is a non-enhancer of phenotype of dacP
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eyD1Da dominantly enhances the eye loss phenotype of pbRev3.HSPB flies.
dac1; eyD1Da, dac3; eyD1Da and Df(2L)dac-4; eyD1Da double heterozygotes have normal mushroom bodies and eyes.
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Allelic series based on mutant phenotype; ey11 > eyD1Da > eyEH > eyJD.
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Research paper
Clements et al., 2009, Dev. Biol. 334(2): 503--512
Mutational analysis of the eyeless gene and phenotypic rescue reveal that an intact Eyeless protein is necessary for normal eye and brain development in Drosophila. [FBrf0209021]
Clements et al., 2008, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105(42): 16183--16188
Conserved role for the Drosophila Pax6 homolog Eyeless in differentiation and function of insulin-producing neurons. [FBrf0206198]
Benassayag et al., 2003, Development 130(3): 575--586
Evidence for a direct functional antagonism of the selector genes proboscipedia and eyeless in Drosophila head development. [FBrf0155717]
Niimi et al., 2002, genesis 34(1-2): 74--75
Dominant-negative form of the Pax6 homolog eyeless for tissue-specific loss-of-function studies in the developing eye and brain in Drosophila. [FBrf0152381]
Callaerts et al., 2001, J. Neurobiol. 46(2): 73--88
Drosophila Pax-6/eyeless is essential for normal adult brain structure and function. [FBrf0132376]
Martini et al., 2000, Development 127(12): 2663--2672
The retinal determination gene, dachshund, is required for mushroom body cell differentiation. [FBrf0128567]