Contains serine-to-alanine mutations in all of the EGF repeats of N to abolish the addition of O-glucose.
Homozygous rumiΔ26 mutant animals also carrying Ngt-4-35 fail to reach the pharate adult stage when cultured at temperatures above 25 [o]C. Mutants cultured at room temperature (21-23 [o]C), similarly to rumiΔ26 single mutants, commonly exhibit mild defects in leg joints. At 18 [o]C, the mutants show a mild loss of microchaetae and normal legs.