FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Allele: Dmel\brunZ3358
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\brunZ3358
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
FlyBase ID
FBal0180654
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Description

Amino acid replacement: ?515term.

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Nucleotide change:

C20654125T

Amino acid change:

Q515term | brun-PA

Reported amino acid change:

Q515term

Comment:

Site of nucleotide substitution in mutant inferred by FlyBase based on reported amino acid change. Reported as a truncation of the polypeptide after residue 514.

Variant Molecular Consequences
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Phenotypic Data
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Phenotype Manifest In

contractile ring & meiotic telophase I | male

contractile ring & meiotic telophase I | male (with Df(2L)pr2b)

contractile ring & meiotic telophase II | male

contractile ring & meiotic telophase II | male (with Df(2L)pr2b)

spermatid & nucleus | supernumerary

spermatid & nucleus | supernumerary (with Df(2L)pr2b)

spindle & meiotic telophase I | male

spindle & meiotic telophase I | male (with Df(2L)pr2b)

spindle & meiotic telophase II | male

spindle & meiotic telophase II | male (with Df(2L)pr2b)

Detailed Description
Statement
Reference

brunZ3358/Df(2L)Exel7078 transheterozygous males are near sterile.

bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b spermatocytes fail to undergo meiotic cytokinesis at 25[o]C. This phenotype is exacerbated at 29[o]C and suppressed at 18[o]C.

Unconstricted contractile rings (visualized with sqhRLC.T:Avic\GFP-S65T) are observed in 65% of bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b telophase spermatocytes, compared to just 10% of wild type telophase spermatocytes (in flies raised at 29[o]C). Unconstricted rings in the mutants eventually fragment.

The quantity, viability and hatching frequency of eggs laid by bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b females are indistinguishable from controls.

bruZ3358 homozygotes are fully viable through to adulthood at 25[o]C.

Acroblast formation fails in bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b spermatids.

A large proportion of bruZ3358 mutant spermatids have one large nebenkern with four nuclei of normal size, indicating a cytokinetic failure in both meiotic divisions. A smaller proportion have two nuclei and a large nebenkern, indicating failure of only one of the meiotic divisions. These defects are also seen in bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b spermatids, except that the proportion of spermatids with two nuclei is higher than those with four. Additionally, bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b spermatids occasionally (<4% of cases) have three nuclei, which may be due to failure of cytokinesis in the first meiotic division, followed by budding off of only one daughter cell in the second meiotic division. A tiny proportion (<1%) have more than four nuclei, which may result from defects in the mitotic divisions preceding mitosis. During early telophase of bruZ3358 spermatocytes, there is an actin ring of normal appearance and and a normal central spindle. However, as telophase progresses the actin ring fails to fully constrict and the central spindle either becomes less dense or completely disorganized. The cleavage furrow initiates ~10 minutes after anaphase onset as in wild type, but shows a limited ingression and then regresses leading to a failure of cytokinesis. bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b mutants show the same phenotype.

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brunZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b has spermatid phenotype, enhanceable by Rab11[+]/Rab11ETo3

Enhancer of
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bru[+]/brunZ3358 is an enhancer of spermatid phenotype of Rab1193Bi

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Genetic Interactions
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Flies homozygous for both bruZ3358 and Rab1193Bi die in early larval stages at 25[o]C, as do flies homozygous for bruZ3358 and transheterozygous for Rab1193Bi/Rab11ETo3.

Testes from bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b;Rab11ETo3/+ males raised at 25[o]C exhibit a 4.5-fold increase in the percentage of tetranucleate early spermatids relative to testes from bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b males.

bruZ3358/+ males also homozygous for Rab1193Bi display a four-fold increase in the total number of multi-nucleate spermatids compared with males homozygous for Rab1193Bi alone.

Testes from bruZ0704/bruZ3358, fwdZ0453/Df(3L)7C males produce higher percentages of multi-nucleate early spermatids associated with enlarged mitochondrial derivatives than testes from siblings containing one mutant and one wild type copy of either bru or fwd.

The elongation of later-stage spermatids is defective in bruZ0704/bruZ3358, fwdZ0453/Df(3L)7C testes.

The percentage of tetranucleate early spermatids in testes from bruZ0704/bruZ3358, pbl5/pblZ4836 males is similar to that of testes from pbl5/pblZ4836 males that are heterozygous for a bru mutation, indicating a lack of genetic interaction between bru and pbl.

Mitotic cytokinesis appears normal in bruZ0704/bruZ3358, fwdZ0453/Df(3L)7C third instar larval brains.

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Complementation and Rescue Data
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Comments

bru+t5.9 rescues the male meiotic cytokinesis defects seen in bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b spermatocytes.

bruT:Avic\GFP-EGFP rescues the male meiotic cytokinesis defects seen in bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b spermatocytes.

bruAla fails to rescue the male meiotic cytokinesis defects seen in bruZ3358/Df(2L)pr2b spermatocytes.

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Synonyms and Secondary IDs (3)
Reported As
Symbol Synonym
TRAPPC9Z3358
brunZ3358
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