SAK genomic fragment containing sequence from 2kb upstream of the predicted initiator methionine through to and including the stop codon. The coding sequence has been mutated to contain the L89G amino acid substitution, which reduces kinase activity.
SAKRKA/+ embryos exhibit a significant decrease in centriole size, a significantly reduced centriole growth rate but they do not exhibit any changes in centriole growth period, centriole duplication defects or changes in hatching rates when compared to controls.