FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Allele: Dmel\PDZ-GEF6
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\PDZ-GEF6
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
FlyBase ID
FBal0216664
Feature type
allele
Associated gene
Associated Insertion(s)
Carried in Construct
Also Known As
Gef266
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Description

Imprecise excision of P{lacW}Gef263 has produced a 3 kb deletion surrounding the insertion site including the first 2 exons of Gef26 and a large 5' chunk of the third.

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Eye and wing phenotypes (small rough eyes, abnormal wings) and some degree of lethality are seen in various PDZ-GEF allelic combinations, with their relative strength in the following order: PDZ-GEF4/PDZ-GEF6 = PDZ-GEF4/PDZ-GEF5 > PDZ-GEF3/PDZ-GEF4 > PDZ-GEFk13720/PDZ-GEF3 = PDZ-GEFk13720/PDZ-GEF4 > PDZ-GEFEP388/PDZ-GEF3 > PDZ-GEFk13720/PDZ-GEFk13720 > PDZ-GEFk13720/PDZ-GEFEP388 > PDZ-GEFEP388/PDZ-GEFEP388.

Many mutant females have three spermathecae instead of two, with different allelic combinations having different percentages of females with three spermathecae: PDZ-GEF3/PDZ-GEF3 22%, PDZ-GEF3/PDZ-GEF4 30%, PDZ-GEF4/PDZ-GEF5 59%, PDZ-GEF4/PDZ-GEF6 62%, PDZ-GEFk13720/PDZ-GEF4 % (all PDZ-GEFk13720/PDZ-GEF4, PDZ-GEFk13720/PDZ-GEF3 or PDZ-GEFEP388/PDZ-GEF3 females have two spermathecae).

The number of male germline stem cells is dramatically reduced in the testes of Gef266/Gef264 animals compared to wild-type. In these testes, the secondary spermatogonia, with branched fusomes, move to the tip.

Gef266 homozygous germline stem cell clones develop normally.

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PDZ-GEF6/PDZ-GEF4 has cell-cell adherens junction & hub cell phenotype, suppressible by Rap1V12.UAS.Tag:MYC/Scer\GAL4upd1.PU

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Genetic Interactions
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RV12.Scer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC; Scer\GAL4upd rescues the formation of adherens junctions between male germline stem cells and hub cells in the germinal proliferation center of Gef264/Gef266 animals.

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PDZ-GEF+t11.6 rescues eye and wing phenotypes of PDZ-GEF4/PDZ-GEF6 flies.

Germline stem cell loss in the testes of Gef264/Gef266 animals is rescued by Gef26+t11.6.

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