UAS regulatory sequences drive expression of Hsap\ATXN3 carrying mutations in all six putative caspase-sites, tagged with Tag:MYC and Tag:FLAG.
Eyes from 1 day old animals expressing Hsap\MJD6M.Q83.Scer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC.T:Zzzz\FLAG under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 display mild levels of photoreceptor degeneration. By 15 days old, flies display an average of 5.2 photoreceptor cells per ommatidial cluster.
Hsap\ATXN36M.Q83.UAS.Tag:MYC.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF is a suppressor of eye phenotype of Hsap\ATXN3tr.Q78.UAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Expression of Hsap\MJD6M.Q83.Scer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC.T:Zzzz\FLAG in flies expressing Hsap\MJDtr.Q78.Scer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF partially suppresses the eye phenotype.