FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Allele: Dmel\en59
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\en59
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
FlyBase ID
FBal0003774
Feature type
allele
Associated gene
Associated Insertion(s)
Carried in Construct
Also Known As
enIO, enIO34, enI034
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Cytology

Polytene chromosomes normal.

Description

29bp deletion around codon 72 causing a frameshift. 41 amino acids are added before a termination codon occurs at codon 113.

Deletion of sequences including coding sequence.

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Approximate location of a 29bp deletion that begins in the codon for amino acid 72. The deletion causes a frameshift and early translation termination after the addition of 41 additional residues. The exact position of the deletion was not reported (FBrf0086432).

Variant Molecular Consequences
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Phenotypic Data
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Lethality is not 100% in enAdv-1/en59 animals - occasional adult escapers are seen.

Heterozygotes occasionally (less than 1%) have gaps in wing vein L4.

Strong allele.

Hemizygous en59 embryos heterozygous for wgl-12 have a more severe ventral cuticle pattern phenotype than embryos hemizygous for en59 alone.

ciD expression is derepressed in the posterior compartments of embryos and imaginal discs.

en1/en59 transheterozygotes have a variable phenotype. About one quarter are nearly indistinguishable from wild-type, while the rest have interruptions of varying extent in the fourth vein. en2/en59 transheterozygotes survive to larvae or pharate adults in a few cases. The pharate adults have severe abnormalities in distal segments of all legs and extreme posterior abnormalities in the wing.

en mutant embryos lack all Keilin's organs. en59/en57 embryos grew in in vivo culture, producing implants containing imaginal discs and all larval tissues. Metamorphosed implants were characteristic of eye-antenna discs.

Homozygous en59 cells in mosaic animals made by nuclear transplantation do not develop normally in posterior parts of the epidermis and some regions of the CNS, but form normal patterns in mesodermal and endodermal organs.

Posterior homozygous clones in the proboscis are often associated with abnormal bristle patterns. Clones in the posterior part of the wing are abnormal: the wing is enlarged and the posterior margin has large socketed bristles and a well-developed triple row in the clone. Posterior clones do not respect the anteroposterior compartment boundary in the wing. Posterior clones in the leg are often grossly enlarged with a huge increase in the number of bristles. In the male, clones in the genitalia are often associated with missing parts of the claspers, lateral plate and hypandrium, and clones in the analia form unusually shaped anal plates and are often associated with missing genital parts.

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Phenotypic Class
Enhanced by
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en59 has visible phenotype, enhanceable by cg[+]/cg07659

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en59 has wing vein L4 phenotype, enhanceable by cg[+]/cg07659

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en59 is an enhancer of phenotype of ci1

en59 is an enhancer of phenotype of ci57

en59 is an enhancer of phenotype of ci36

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Genetic Interactions
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25% of en59 cg07659 double heterozygotes have gaps in wing vein L4. cgY4 en59 double heterozygotes have a fully penetrant loss of wing vein L4 phenotype. en59 cgA22 double heterozygotes are indistinguishable from en59/+ flies with regard to wing vein L4.

In ptc9 en59 double mutants denticle belts appear broader and mirror image symmetry is not found.

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Strong en allele.

en mutants can be ranked by strength regarding their ability to induce a ci phenotype: en1 <= Df(2R)en30 <= en4 <= enEnci <= Df(2R)en-SFX31 <= en59.

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