Amino acid replacement: M4I.
Nucleotide substitution: G9267133A.
The mutant DNA contains three missense substitutions (given nucleotides are from chromosome arm 3R, r6) and a deletion of 9bp resulting in loss of three contiguous amino acids ( 3R:9268607-9268615 , aa 422-424) in Vps16A. The cause of impaired protein function is unclear: the first two substitutions (M4I and A24T) are not conservative and are found in variable regions in the protein; the aspartic acid of the E712D substitution is found in the corresponding site in the majority of Drosophila species and in many other species; the deletion sequence is in a region with moderately conservative changes between amino acids and lies between two regions that are conserved from fly to man.
Amino acid replacement: A24T.
Nucleotide substitution: G9267260A.
Amino acid replacement: E712D.
Nucleotide substitution: A9269662T.
One of four lesions identified in Vps16A in mutant strain. Not clear which is responsible for impaired protein function. (Curator Note - The deletion is reported as extending from 3R:9268607-9268615 and removiing aa 422-424, but has been mapped to 3R:9268614..9268622:1 , which removes amino acids 422-424 in the R6 genome).
G9267133A
M4I | Vps16A-PA
M4I
One of four lesions identified in Vps16A in mutant strain. Not clear which is responsible for impaired protein function.
G9267260A
A24T | Vps16A-PA
A24T
One of four lesions identified in Vps16A in mutant strain. Not clear which is responsible for impaired protein function.
A9269662T
E712D | Vps16A-PA
E712D
One of four lesions identified in Vps16A in mutant strain. Not clear which is responsible for impaired protein function.
Vps16Ama-1 homozygous adults display eye color defects ('maroon' eye color).
Wild-type levels of aldehyde oxidase and xanthine dehydrogenase activity.
Malpighian tubule colour: pale yellow.
Eye color autonomous in transplant into wild-type host.
Eye colour: dull ruby, approaching wild type with age.
Vps16Ama-1 is rescued by Vps16AUAS.cGa/Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
The eye color defect ('maroon' eyes) characteristic for Vps16Ama-1 homozygous adults is rescued by expression of Vps16AUAS.cGa under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF.