A 39 bp deletion and frame-shifts Miro at I427, adding 12 abnormal amino acids.
mitochondrion & neuron | larval stage (with MiroB682)
Gross eye morphology is normal but phototaxis is defective in flies whose eyes are homozygous for MiroSd26.
In neurons of MiroSd26/MiroB682 larvae, mitochondria are retained in the cell bodies and not properly distributed to neuronal processes - most neuromuscular junctions lack mitochondria.
In MiroB682/MiroSd26 larvae, excitatory junction potential evoked by 10Hz stimulation of neuro-muscular junctions (NMJs) starts off normal, but, unlike wild-type, rapidly decays.