The endogenous Tpi coding region has been removed. Hsap\TPI1 coding sequence carrying the disease-associated I170V amino acid replacement has been inserted in its place by phiC31:int-mediated integration into the attP site present in TpiattP.
Compared to Tpisgk-js10/TpihTPI.WT control heterozygotes, Tpisgk-js10/TpihTPI.I170V flies (both 3-4 and 20-22 days old) are more sensitive to mechanical- (significant increase in recovery time) and thermal- (significant decrease in time to paralysis) stress, but do not show significant changes in lifespan.