Amino acid replacement: I420E.
Expression of Syt1I420E.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 in a Syt1AD4 mutant background results in embryonic lethality. The embryos complete embryogenesis (through stage 17) but fail to hatch. When manually removed from the egg case, the embryos are virtually immobile. The are microscopic movements within the body wall musculature, but these generally are insufficient to displace the embryo and all visible movement stops within hours. Ultrastructural examination of the synaptic neuropil reveals abundant small clear vesicles. The overall population of synaptic vesicles in the neuropil is correctly localized to synaptic regions, indicating that this mutation does not disrupt the formation or targeting of synaptic vesicles.
Expression of Syt1I420E.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 results in a drop in the amplitude of evoked transmitter relase, in a Syt1AD4 background, compared to expression of Syt1Scer\UAS.cPa.
Expression of Syt1I420E.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 in a wild-type background results in embryonic lethality.