Insertion 29bp upstream of the transcription start site of the SNF4Aγ-RL transcript.
Fat body cells of homozygous late third instar larvae are essentially unable to form autophagosomes, lysosomes or autolysosomes. The number and size of lipid droplets is normal in these cells.
Mutant third larval instar fat body cells do not form autophagic structures in response to 20-hydroxyecdysone or in response to amino acid deprivation for four hours in contrast to wild-type control cells.
SNF4AγS005042/SNF4AγS012719 animals die before pupariation.
Lethality acts in the third larval instar.
SNF4AγS005042 is partially rescued by Scer\GAL4hs.PU/SNF4AγUAS.RG
Precise excision of the P{lacW} insertion reverts the mutant phenotype.