Eye discs expressing Acnt.S641D.S731D display exhibit an increased number of autophagosomes.
Fat bodies of fed Acnt.S641D.S731D larvae exhibit significantly enhanced basal autophagy at early and late stages of the autophagy pathway.
Starvation conditions lead to an increase in autophagy in Acnt.S641D.S731D mutants.
Flies carrying one copy of Acnt.S641D.S731D survive significantly longer in the absence of food than wild-type flies.
Flies carrying one copy of Acnt.S641D.S731D exhibit greater longevity than control flies.
The build up of aggregates seen in two week-old Hsap\HTTQ93.ex1p.Scer\UAS-expressing flies is reduced by the presence of one copy of Acnt.S641D.S731D.
The presence of Acnt.S641A.S731A rescues both the lethality and endocytic trafficking defects of Acn27/Acn1 mutant flies. These rescued flies do not display externally visible phenotypes.