UAS regulatory sequences drive expression of a short inverted repeat.
Larval fat body clones expressing SymGL01572 under the control of Scer\GAL4Act.PU show impaired induction of autophagosomes (identified as mCherry-Atg8 puncta) in response to starvation.
Expression of SymGL01572 (together with UAS-Dicer2 to enhance RNAi efficiency) under the control of Scer\GAL4bam.T:Hsim\VP16 results in highly penetrant tumorigenic phenotype due to spermatogonial overgrowth in adult testes.