Mutation in the splice acceptor site before exon 20, which is predicted to result in a frameshift.
Nucleotide substitution: G?A.
G16911703A
G?A
A mutation in the splice acceptor site before exon 20 (AG to AA).
Progeny of tweek2/+ parents have a reduction in embryonic survival; those that die usually have severe cuticle and patterning defects.
Most homozygous, tweek2/Df(2L)Exel8036, tweek1/tweek2, tweek2/tweekc01084 and tweek2/tweekEY02585-Δ1 animals die as pharate adults, although a few adult escapers are seen. These adult escapers are severely uncoordinated.
Flies with homozygous eyes (made using the eyFLP method) have abnormal electroretinograms, with severely reduced "on" and "off" transient amplitudes compared to controls.
tweek1/tweek2, tweek2/Df(2L)Exel8036 and tweek2/tweekc01084 mutants have a normal excitatory junctional potential amplitude during low-frequency stimulation (< 1Hz).
tweek2/Df(2L)Exel8036 and tweek2/tweekc01084 mutants show a decline in excitatory junctional potential amplitude to approximately 55-60% of the initial response when stimulated at 10Hz in 5mM Ca[2+] (controls maintain release at about 90% of the initial response after 10 minutes under these conditions).
tweek1/tweek2, tweek2/Df(2L)Exel8036 and tweek2/tweekc01084 animals show a significant reduction of FM1-43 dye uptake at the third larval instar neuromuscular junction compared to controls.
Synaptic vesicle density is reduced at the tweek2/Df(2L)Exel8036 third larval instar neuromuscular junction, and the mutant boutons also contain more large diameter vesicles than control boutons. Mitochondrial number and structure, dense body number and morphology and the number of docked synaptic vesicles within a 200nm radius around dense bodies are normal.
The amplitude of spontaneous excitatory junctional potentials (mEJPs) is increased in tweek1/tweek2 animals compared to controls.
The amplitude of spontaneous excitatory junctional currents (mEJCs) is increased and the frequency of mEJCs is decreased in tweek2/Df(2L)Exel8036 and tweek2/tweekc01084 animals compared to controls. Quantal content is decreased in tweek2/Df(2L)Exel8036 and tweek2/tweekc01084 animals compared to controls.
tweek2/tweek1 has embryonic/larval neuromuscular junction | third instar larval stage | somatic clone phenotype, non-enhanceable by Df(3R)3450/WASp1
tweek2/tweek1 has embryonic/larval neuromuscular junction | third instar larval stage | somatic clone phenotype, non-enhanceable by nwk1
tweek2/tweek1 has embryonic/larval neuromuscular junction | third instar larval stage | somatic clone phenotype, non-enhanceable by Scer\GAL4nSyb.PS/Avic\GFPEGFP.UAS.Tag:PH(hPLCD1)
tweek2/tweek1 has embryonic/larval neuromuscular junction | third instar larval stage | somatic clone phenotype, non-enhanceable by Scer\GAL4nSyb.PS/Avic\GFPEGFP.PLCD1(PH-S39R).UAS
The reduction in FM1-43 dye uptake that is seen in tweek1/tweek2 and tweek2/Df(2L)Exel8036 animals is partially suppressed by synj1/+.
Expression of Hsap\PLCD1PH.Scer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP under the control of Scer\GAL4n-syb.PS does not enhance the neuromuscular junction overgrowth phenotype seen in tweek1/tweek2 third instar larvae.
Expression of Hsap\PLCD1PH.S39R.Scer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP under the control of Scer\GAL4n-syb.PS does not enhance the neuromuscular junction overgrowth phenotype seen in tweek1/tweek2 third instar larvae.
tweek2/tweek1 is rescued by tweek+tHB69
tweek2/tweek1 is rescued by tweek+tHB69
tweek2 is rescued by tweek+tHB69
Expression of the tweek+tHB69 genomic fragment rescues the neuromuscular junction overgrowth seen in tweek1/tweek2 third instar larvae.
Expression of Hsap\PLCD1PH.Scer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP under the control of Scer\GAL4n-syb.PS does not enhance the neuromuscular junction overgrowth phenotype seen in tweek1/tweek2 third instar larvae.