UASt regulates expression of amino acids 1-657, corresponding to Lasp-PB, bearing a Y121S substitution in the actin-binding SDxxYK motif in nebulin repeat 2, and tagged at the N-terminus with Tag:FLAG and Tag:polyHis.
Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR-mediated expression of LaspY121S.L.Scer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG,T:Zzzz\His6 cannot rescue the sarcomere length, thin filament length, myofibril diameter or flight phenotypes seen in Lasp1 mutants. EM analyses reveal that filament number, but not filament spacing, is partially rescued.