Expression of a Rop partial cDNA containing the 5' leader and the entire ORF and a genomic fragment that encompasses the 3' untranslated region is driven by an Hsp70 promoter, influenced by Hsp70 3' sequences.
Overexpression of Rophs.PS using heat shock causes a 45% decrease in the amplitude of the excitatory junctional potential (EJP) in the muscle at the larval neuromuscular junction compared to control larvae. This phenotype is not altered by coexpression of Snap25hs.PW. Synapses at the neuromuscular junction of heat shocked larvae carrying Rophs.PS appear normal. Overexpression of both Rophs.PS and Syx1Ahs.PW using heat shock partially suppresses the physiological defects seen in the muscle at the larval neuromuscular junction when either is overexpressed alone.
Heat shocked larvae exhibit a 45-35% decrease in the amplitude of evoked neurotransmitter release. Heterozygotes exhibit significantly less reduction in neurotransmitter release compared with homozygous larvae. Synaptic responses in larvae allowed to recover after heat shock are pre-heat shock levels. There is no obvious change in the synaptic vesicle pool that can be detected at the light microscope level.
Expressed in Schneider cells to identify the gene product.