Two-nucleotide deletion in the N-terminal region of Marf1 causes a frameshift mutation and premature termination of translation.
ACATA
The sequence CACAGCC is replaced with ACATA causing a net 2 base deletion starting at amino acid H47 of isoform Marf1-PA. This leads to a frameshift and early translation termination after the addition of 13 novel amino acids.
Embryos derived from Marf1KO321 homozygous females contain fragmented or over-replicated chromosomes that are often surrounded with microtubules, but not the rosette structure.
Marf1KO321 homozygous stage 14 egg chambers exhibit reduced in vitro egg activation, and broken or misaligned meiotic spindles.
Unfertilized eggs from Marf1KO321 homozygous females exhibit defects in meiosis I to II progression; some have a single metaphase I-like spindle, some have two spindle-like structures that are not connected to each other, and some exhibit abnormal and disrupted spindle structures.
Marf1KO321 is partially rescued by Marf1UASp.Tag:MYC/Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C
Marf1KO321 is not rescued by Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C/Marf1ΔC.UASp.Tag:MYC
Marf1KO321 is not rescued by Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C/Marf1ΔC47.UASp.Tag:MYC
Marf1KO321 is not rescued by Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C/Marf1ΔN.UASp.Tag:MYC
Marf1KO321 is not rescued by Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C/Marf1ΔOST.UASp.Tag:MYC
Marf1KO321 is not rescued by Marf1ΔRRM.UASp.Tag:MYC/Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C