A modified genomic fragment has been inserted into the attP site present in orb2attP via phiC31-mediated recombination. The resulting allele consists of orb2 tagged at the C-terminal end with GFP, in which the orb2 RBD domain has been replaced by the Mmus\Cpeb2 RBD domain. A single mFRT11 site is present downstream of the orb2 coding sequence, and single attL and attR sites (generated during the recombination process) are also present.
Homozygous orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.T:Avic\GFP male flies show strong defects in long term 24 hour memory when exposed to a courtship conditioning paradigm. Unlike wild type flies, males that experience futile courtship of mated and therefore unreceptive females often fail to suppress their courtship towards other mated females. Short term 1 hour memory is comparable to wild type.
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.GFP has abnormal learning | adult stage phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4Mef2.247/orb2UAS.B.cKa/Scer\GAL80ts.αTub84B
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.GFP has abnormal courtship behavior | adult stage phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4Mef2.247/orb2UAS.B.cKa/Scer\GAL80ts.αTub84B
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.GFP has abnormal learning | adult stage phenotype, non-suppressible by Scer\GAL4Mef2.247/Scer\GAL80ts.αTub84B/orb2RBD.UAS.B
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.GFP has abnormal courtship behavior | adult stage phenotype, non-suppressible by Scer\GAL4Mef2.247/Scer\GAL80ts.αTub84B/orb2RBD.UAS.B
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.GFP, orb2ΔAGFP has abnormal learning | adult stage phenotype
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.GFP, orb2ΔAGFP has abnormal courtship behavior | adult stage phenotype
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.GFP, orb2ΔBGFP has abnormal learning | adult stage phenotype
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.GFP, orb2ΔBGFP has abnormal courtship behavior | adult stage phenotype
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.GFP, orb2RBDΔAGFP has abnormal learning | adult stage phenotype
Expression of orb2Scer\UAS.B.cKa under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.247 (restricted to the adult stages using Scer\GAL80ts.αTub84B) rescues the long term memory defects seen in orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.T:Avic\GFP mutant flies exposed to a courtship conditioning paradigm.
Expression of orb2RBD.Scer\UAS.B under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.247 (restricted to the adult stages using Scer\GAL80ts.αTub84B) fails to rescue the long term memory defects seen in orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.T:Avic\GFP mutant flies exposed to a courtship conditioning paradigm.
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.T:Avic\GFP/orb2ΔA.T:Avic\GFP male flies have no long term 24 hour memory when exposed to a courtship conditioning paradigm. Unlike wild type flies, males that experience futile courtship of mated and therefore unreceptive females fail to suppress their courtship towards other mated females. Short term 1 hour memory is comparable to wild type.
orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.T:Avic\GFP/orb2ΔB.T:Avic\GFP male flies have almost no long term 24 hour memory when exposed to a courtship conditioning paradigm. Unlike wild type flies, males that experience futile courtship of mated and therefore unreceptive females fail to suppress their courtship towards other mated females. Short term 1 hour memory is comparable to wild type.
orb2RBDΔA.T:Avic\GFP/orb2::Mmus\Cpeb2RBD.T:Avic\GFP male flies have almost no long term 24 hour memory when exposed to a courtship conditioning paradigm. Unlike wild type flies, males that experience futile courtship of mated and therefore unreceptive females fail to suppress their courtship towards other mated females.