The P{PZ}ken00628 insertion is in the intergenic region between the divergently transcribed ken and Thiolase genes. P{PZ}ken00628 fails to complement P{PZ}ken02970 (an insertion in the ken coding region) and P{lacW}Thiolasek09828, but P{PZ}ken02970 and P{lacW}Thiolasek09828 complement each other. This indicates that the P{PZ}ken00628 insertion is affecting both the ken and Thiolase genes and that the P{lacW}Thiolasek09828 insertion is a mutation in the Thiolase gene.
A. Spradling.
This allele was listed in the BDGP database as a lethal or sterile line during the period 1994-1999, but was discarded from the gene disruption project prior to the summary publication (FBrf0111489). Reasons for excluding lines from the collection described in FBrf0111489 include presence of more than one P insertion on the mutant chromosome, separation of lethality (or sterility) from the location of the insertion, and loss of lethality (or sterility) from the stock. Further information is available from http://www.fruitfly.org/bfd/ and from Dr. Spradling (spradling@mail1.ciwemb.edu).
The P{PZ}ken00628 insertion may affect the Thiolase gene as well as the ken gene.
Complements Phmk07623.