FB2024_03 , released June 25, 2024
Allele: Dmel\srp2
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\srp2
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
FlyBase ID
FBal0016081
Feature type
allele
Associated gene
Associated Insertion(s)
Carried in Construct
Also Known As
srp6G, srp6G54
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Nature of the Allele
Progenitor genotype
Cytology
Description

Nonsense mutation, translation of a truncated protein lacking the zinc finger domain.

Mutations Mapped to the Genome
Curation Data
Type
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Additional Notes
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Nucleotide change:

C15999444T

Amino acid change:

Q540term | srp-PA; Q540term | srp-PB; Q22term | srp-PD; Q22term | srp-PE; Q22term | srp-PF; Q22term | srp-PG; Q57term | srp-PH

Reported amino acid change:

Q226term

Comment:

Site of nucleotide substitution in mutant inferred by FlyBase based on reported amino acid change.

Variant Molecular Consequences
Associated Sequence Data
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Expression Data
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Phenotypic Data
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In srp2 mutant embryos, prospective anterior and posterior midgut domains transform into a portion of the ectodermal foregut and hindgut, respectively.

In stage 15/16 srp2 mutant embryos, most of the germ cells are tightly clumped in a ball inside the posterior midgut pocket; however a few germ cells move through and are found in a loose cluster on the other side of the gut.

In srp2 mutants, the lymph-gland primordium is transformed to a pericardial cell-like fate.

Crystal cell marker expression is lost in srp2 homozygous embryos.

srp2/srp2 embryos lack crystal cells and plasmatocytes.

The development of mutant embryos is arrested; they do not complete germband retraction and dorsal closure.

The development of the tracheal dorsal trunk appears to be normal.

Homozygous and srp2/srpneo45 transheterozygous embryos are devoid of any mature haemocytes. Fat body precursors are present in homozygous embryos but the cells do not proliferate and do not arrange to form the continuous sheet of cells, early events of fat body differentiation do not take place.

The number of precursor fat cells is reduced by stage 14/15 compared to wild-type and they are missing by late stage 15 in homozygous embryos. Homozygous embryos have an increased amount of cell death in the regions corresponding to the developing fat cells.

Mutants become distinguishable from wild type during stage 10 of embryogenesis. Cells of the prospective posterior midgut fail to lose their epithelial character and form a mesenchyme. Instead cells form a large cavity that is contiguous with the hindgut, composed of a columnar epithelium resembling the epithelium of the hindgut. No prospective anterior midgut cells, normally derived from the tip of the ventral furrow, attach to the posterior side of the stomodeum, and the anterior part of the midgut is not formed. The anterior part of the digestive tract becomes a blind-ended tube of ectodermal foregut. The endoderm fails to differentiate. The prospective anterior midgut acquires properties of the ectodermal foregut. Rudimentary Malpighian tubules develop at the correct position. In some older embryos uric acid is detectable within the lumen of the hindgut and epithelial cavity.

Defective in gonad assembly.

External Data
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Phenotypic Class
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srp2 has midgut phenotype, enhanceable by Kr2

NOT suppressed by
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srp2 is an enhancer of Malpighian tubule phenotype of Kr2

Suppressor of
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Additional Comments
Genetic Interactions
Statement
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Kr2 srp2 double mutants exhibit a loss of midgut, malpighian tubules and small intestine tissue.

Homozygous srp2 rescues the germ cell death seen in embryos derived from females carrying wun49 wun2EP2650ex34 germline clones. The surviving germ cells are found in a tight clump inside the gut but also frequently in loosely associated groups outside of the gut. These germ cells are of normal size and morphology. Heterozygous srp2 is unable to rescue the phenotype.

Homozygous srp2 suppresses the germ cell death seen at embryonic stage 15/16 when wun2Scer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC is expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4twi.PG.

The loss of crystal cell marker expression in srp2 homozygous embryos is not suppressed by lzScer\UAS.cBa; Scer\GAL4twi.PG.

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