A knockout deletion reported as mapping to R5 coordinates 2L:10 ,264,163..10,264,968.
Deletion of the 5'UTR region and the majority of the ORF of REPTOR-BP.
Mutants do not show strong phenotypes during larval stages under well-fed conditions: the levels of stored nutrients are not reduced, development is not delayed, size is not reduced. In contrast, mutant pupae and adults have strongly reduced TAG and glycogen levels and are extremely sensitive to starvation.
REPTOR-BPKO is rescued by REPTOR-BPUAS.cTa
REPTOR-BPScer\UAS in the absence of a Scer\GAL4 driver (owing to 'leaky' transgene expression) rescues the reduced TAG levels and starvation sensitivity phenotypes of REPTOR-BPKO.