UAS regulatory sequences drive expression of a short inverted repeat.
The cell size in pupal (2hr after pupariation) midgut somatic clones expressing Vps13DHMS01784 under the control of Scer\GAL4Scer\FRT.Rnor\Cd2.Act5C is significantly increased and the cells contain fewer Atg8a puncta compared to control cells.
Expressing Vps13DHMS01784 under the control of Scer\GAL4Toll-6-D42 results in a loss of complexity of the mitochondria network in the larval brain; in addition, there is a strong impairment in the distribution of mitochondria in peripheral axons in segmental nerves and neuromuscular junction synapses - the density of mitochondria is progressively reduced concomitant with increased distance from the cell body.