Amino acid replacement: W387term.
G15069781A
W387term | solo-PA; W387term | solo-PB
W387term
G to A nucleotide change at the second or third position of the Trp codon leads to a nonsense mutation (exact site of mutation unspecified). Site of nucleotide substitution in mutant inferred by FlyBase based on reported amino acid change.
soloZ2-0198/Df(2L)A267 females show 55.1% X chromosome nondisjunction. Crossing over on the X chromosome is substantially and uniformly reduced in three euchromatic intervals and more moderately reduced in the interval encompassing the X centromere. Sister chromatid exchange on the X chromosome is increased compared to controls.
solo7/soloZ2-0198 females show chromosome 2 nondisjunction.
soloZ2-0198/Df(2L)A267 males show a high frequency (56.4%) of sex chromosome nondisjunction in meiosis. Mutant spermatocytes show a more complex meiosis I chromatid segregation pattern than in wild type. Meiosis II is visibly abnormal in the mutant spermatocytes; more than 90% of spermatocytes in meiosis II have DNA masses that are both smaller and more numerous than in wild-type males (indicative of precocious sister chromatid separation), chromosome segregation at anaphase II is disorganised (approximately 38% of anaphase II nuclei have lagging chromosomes) and meiosis II poles show clearly unequal amounts of DNA in 88% of nuclei (indicating high levels of meiosis II nondisjunction).
soloZ2-3534/soloZ2-0198 males show a high frequency (54.1%) of sex chromosome nondisjunction in meiosis.
Crossover frequency in the X euchromatin (pn-f interval) is reduced 65-fold in soloZ2-3534 ordZ5736/soloZ2-0198 ord5 females compared to doubly heterozygous sibling controls. This reduction is intermediate in value between those of ord or solo single mutants.
soloZ2-0198 is rescued by Scer\GAL4VP16.nanos.UTR/soloN.UASp.Venus
soloZ2-0198 is rescued by Scer\GAL4VP16.nanos.UTR/soloC.UASp.Venus
soloZ2-0198 is partially rescued by soloVenus
The chromosome nondisjunction phenotype seen in soloZ2-0198/Df(2L)A267 females is fully rescued by expression of either soloN.Scer\UAS.P\T.T:Avic\GFP-YFP.Venus, soloC.Scer\UAS.P\T.T:Avic\GFP-YFP.Venus or soloScer\UAS.P\T.T:Zzzz\FLAG,T:Ivir\HA1 under the control of Scer\GAL4nos.UTR.T:Hsim\VP16.
The chromosome nondisjunction phenotype seen in soloZ2-0198/Df(2L)A267 females is partially rescued by soloT:Avic\GFP-YFP.Venus.
Expression of vasT:Avic\GFP in soloZ2-0198/Df(2L)A267 females substantially improves the number of germ cell cysts and nearly doubles fertility (number of progeny/female), indicating that these phenotypes are not due to loss of solo function, but are instead due to an as yet unexplained inhibitory effect of the soloZ2-0198 allele on the expression of vas.