The deletion in chp2 starts 3' to exon 6 and removes the remaining coding region. The exact localisation of the second breakpoint could not be determined.
In mosaic pupal retinas, chp2 homozygous photoreceptor cells the stalk and rhabdomeres are properly separated and the microvillar necks are properly developed similar to controls.
Rudimentary rhabdomeres.
Homozygous chp2 is viable and show reduction and disorganization of the apical microvilli of rhabdomeres in the adult eye.
chp2 mutant photoreceptor cells do not undergo light-dependent degeneration. Despite a nearly complete loss of microvilli, no sign of apoptosis is detected. The phenotype is unaltered under light stress, with or without dietary vitamin A.
Rhabdomere microvilli in chp2 mutants are relatively short, have variable length and are separated from each other.
Abnormal rhabdomeric membranes.
chp2/chp2 is an enhancer of abnormal neuroanatomy | pupal stage | somatic clone phenotype of Synd661T
chp2/chp2 is an enhancer of abnormal neuroanatomy | adult stage | somatic clone phenotype of Synd661T
Synd661T, chp2 has abnormal neuroanatomy | somatic clone | pupal stage phenotype
chp[+]/chp2, prom1 has rhabdomere phenotype, enhanceable by eys[+]/eys1
chp[+]/chp2, prom1 has ommatidium phenotype, enhanceable by eys[+]/eys1
chp2, eyc[+]/prom1 has rhabdomere phenotype, enhanceable by eys[+]/eys1
chp2, eyc[+]/prom1 has ommatidium phenotype, enhanceable by eys[+]/eys1
chp2/chp2 is an enhancer of outer photoreceptor cell | adult stage | somatic clone phenotype of Synd661T
chp2/chp2 is an enhancer of rhabdomere of eye photoreceptor cell | pupal stage | somatic clone phenotype of Synd661T
chp2/chp2 is an enhancer of outer photoreceptor cell | pupal stage | somatic clone phenotype of Synd661T
chp2/chp2 is an enhancer of eye photoreceptor cell stalk | pupal stage | somatic clone phenotype of Synd661T
chp2/chp2 is an enhancer of rhabdomere of eye photoreceptor cell | adult stage | somatic clone phenotype of Synd661T
chp[+]/chp2 is a suppressor of rhabdomere phenotype of prom1
chp[+]/chp2 is a suppressor of ommatidium phenotype of prom1
Synd661T, chp2 has rhabdomere of eye photoreceptor cell | somatic clone | pupal stage phenotype
Synd661T, chp2 has eye photoreceptor cell stalk | somatic clone | pupal stage phenotype
Synd661T, chp2 has outer photoreceptor cell | somatic clone | pupal stage phenotype
chp2, crb11A22/crb[+] has rhabdomere of eye photoreceptor cell phenotype
chp[+]/chp2, crb8F105 has rhabdomere of eye photoreceptor cell phenotype
chp[+]/chp2, crbGX24w- has rhabdomere of eye photoreceptor cell phenotype
In mosaic retinas, chp2 and Synd661T double homozygous photoreceptor cells during pupal stages the stalk-rhabdomere separation is severely and prominently disrupted (even before catacomb-like membrane architecture formation); in adults microvilli show no co-adherence instead spread across the entire apical membrane adult mosaic retina when compared to controls.
In prom1/prom1; chp2/+ double mutant flies, the proportion of flies with one aberrant fused cluster of rhabdomeres per ommatidium is smaller than in prom1/prom1 single mutants. In the double mutant flies, some ommatidia show the wild-type pattern of 7 individual rhabdomeres, while most ommatidia show between 2 and 5 individual rhabdomeres, and a small proportion show one fused cluster of rhabdomeres. In prom1/prom1, eys1/+; chp2/+ triple mutant flies, the rescue of the prom1/prom1 phenotype is reduced compared to the prom1/prom1; chp2/+ flies, with most ommatidia in the triple mutants showing between 0 and 3 individual rhabdomeres and no ommatidia showing more than 3 individual rhabdomeres.