FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Allele: Dmel\Gr33a1
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Dmel\Gr33a1
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D. melanogaster
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FBal0243783
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The 5' part of the Gr33a locus has been replaced by a w+mW.hs marker.

Ends-out homologous recombination at the Gr33a locus has resulted in the deletion of residues 1 to 199 of Gr33a.

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Gr33a1 mutant flies do not show significant changes in the expected avoidance response to food laced with acetic acid (5%), as compared to controls.

Gr33a1 severely reduces the S-b sensilla responsiveness to the bitter chemicals LOB, BER, DEN normally observed in controls.

Gr33a1/Gr33a1 and Gr33a1/Gr33aGAL4 mutant males show no difference in courtship intensity as compared with wild type, but lose preference for younger females, instead showing no significant preference for either younger or older females.

Gr33a1 mutant flies do not exhibit any defects in response to strychnine.

Gr33a1 mutant adults display impaired avoidance of umbelliferone in a two-way choice feeding assay compared to wild-type as well as reduced frequency of action potentials invoked upon exposure to umbelliferone (measured on S3, S5, S6 and S9 sensillae).

Gr33a1 mutant females display impaired umbelliferone as well as lobeline and quinine avoidance in an assay testing site selection for egg laying. However similarly to wild-type controls, they avoid lobeline and umbelliferone containing substrate without sucrose in favor of high sucrose-content substrate.

Gr33a1 mutant larvae, like the wild-type, show preference for sucrose containing media over agarose-only in a binary choice larval behavior assay but unlike the wild-type keep preferring the sucrose media even if contaminated with umbelliferone.

Gr33a1 does not affect sensitivity to (S,Z,Z)-CH503 (a more potent stereoisomer of the gustatory sex pheromone CH503). As in wild type flies, courtship defects are seen in response to (S,Z,Z)-CH503.

Homozygous Gr33a1 mutant larvae do not have altered preference for larval-treated substrate, compared to controls.

Mutant flies show impaired avoidance to each of the bitter tastants papaverine and berberine in a two-way choice taste assay.

The gustatory aversion of mutant flies to 6mM camphor in a two way-choice test is not significantly different from that seen in wild-type flies.

Mutant flies show normal responses to both low salt (50mM NaCl) and high salt (500mM NaCl) in a two-way choice test.

Mutant labellar taste bristles show a normal electrophysiological response to 50mM sucrose.

Mutant flies show a normal behavioural response to sucrose in a two-way choice test (preferring 5mM sucrose to 1mM sucrose).

Mutant labellar taste bristles show an impaired electrophysiological response to a number of bitter tasting compounds (caffeine, quinine, denatonium, berberine, lobeline, papaverine and strychnine).

Mutant labellar taste bristles show an impaired electrophysiological response to a number of bitter tasting compounds (caffeine, quinine, denatonium, berberine, lobeline, papaverine and strychnine).

Mutant flies show reduced avoidance to a number of bitter compounds (caffeine, quinine, denatonium, berberine, lobeline and papaverine) in a two-way choice assay compared to control flies.

Gr33a1/Gr33aGAL4 males show increased courtship towards passive, decapitated wild-type males compared to the behaviour of control males in this assay. However, courtship of the mutant males to decapitated or normal females is not significantly different from that of wild type.

Wild-type males show a normal average time to mating when mated with Gr33a1/Gr33aGAL4 females.

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Expression of Gr33aScer\UAS.cMa under the control of Scer\GAL4Gr33a-GAL4 rescues the male courtship defect of Gr33a1/Gr33aGAL4 mutants.

Expression of Gr33aScer\UAS.cMa under the control of Scer\GAL4Gr33a-GAL4 in the Gr33a1 heterozygote adults significantly recovers the perturbed avoidance of umbelliferone in a two-way choice feeding assay as well as the site selection for oviposition assay and restores the reduction in frequency of action potentials invoked in the S6 sensilla upon umbelliferone exposure.

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