Mutation results in a truncated protein of approximately 46kD.
Amino acid replacement: Q227term.
C6356947T
Q227term | Pak-PA; Q227term | Pak-PB; Q227term | Pak-PC; Q227term | Pak-PE; Q227term | Pak-PF; Q227term | Pak-PG; Q227term | Pak-PH; Q227term | Pak-PI; Q227term | Pak-PJ
Q227term
Site of nucleotide substitution in mutant inferred by FlyBase based on reported amino acid change.
antennal lobe (with Pak6)
antennal lobe & neuropil (with Pak6)
Bolwig nerve (with Pak6)
glial cell & antennal lobe (with Pak6)
neuron & antennal lobe (with Pak6)
photoreceptor cell & axon
Mutant third instar neuromuscular junctions show highly reduced subsynaptic reticulum.
In Pak11/Pak6 adults the antennal lobes are small and mis-shapen compared to wild-type, and have amorphous neuropil. Antennal glomeruli DM2 and DM3 are severely mis-shapen or split into smaller structures that are scattered randomly around the antennal lobe. The integrity and position of VA11m is unaffected, but it is enlarged and extends into the domains of surrounding glomeruli, in most cases completely engulfing the adjacent VA1d. Projection neurons and glial cells differentiate normally in antennal lobes of the mutants, but dendritic arborization of the projection neurons is more diffuse than in wild-type, and the number of glial processes is somewhat reduced. The development of neurons within the antennae appears normal.
Adult escapers are uncoordinated and have crumpled wings but are otherwise wild type in appearance. R cell axons extend into the brain normally in Pak6/Pak11 flies. However these fibres do not spread evenly within the lamina and medulla. As a result some regions are hyperinnervated while others lack innervation. In the medulla neuropil, R cell axons fail to find their proper targets but instead terminate as abnormally thick, blunt ended fascicles. A small fraction of the R2-R5 neurons project through the lamina and into the medulla, indicating a modest disruption in ganglion target specificity. Some R1 to R6 axons fail to stop in the lamina, resulting in gaps in the lamina plexus. In addition, R cell axons form abnormally thick bundles between the lamina and medulla. Pak6/Pak11 mutant ommatidia are largely indistinguishable from wild-type, of 898 ommatidia counted in four Pak mutant eyes, only nine ommatidia lacked a single R cell. R cell morphology is normal, as is lamina neuron and glial cell differentiation.
Pak11 is an enhancer of abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype of robo15, sli1
Pak11 is a suppressor of visible | adult stage phenotype of Hsap\TTRV30M.UAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL4GMR.PU
Pak11/Pak[+] is a suppressor of abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype of LIMK1UAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL4ey-OK107
Pak11/Pak6 is a non-suppressor of abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype of Cdc42V12.UAS.Tag:MYC, Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
Pak11 is an enhancer of presumptive embryonic/larval central nervous system phenotype of robo15
Pak11 is a suppressor of eye phenotype of Hsap\TTRV30M.UAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL4GMR.PU
Pak11/Pak[+] is a suppressor of adult mushroom body phenotype of LIMK1UAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL4ey-OK107
Pak11/Pak6 is a non-suppressor of larval abdominal segmental nerve phenotype of Cdc42V12.UAS.Tag:MYC, Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
Pak11, Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR, SyndUAS.cKa has subsynaptic reticulum | third instar larval stage phenotype
Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR-mediated expression of SyndScer\UAS.cKa can induce postsynaptic membrane expansions in Pak11 mutants that show highly reduced subsynaptic reticulum.
The axon guidance defects seen in Cdc42V12.Scer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC; Scer\GAL4elav.PLu embryos are unaffected by the background Pak6/Pak11.
Pak11/Pak6 is partially rescued by PakUAS.Tag:MYC/Scer\GAL4SG18.1
Pak11/Pak6 is not rescued by PakH91L.H94L.GMR
Pak11/Pak6 is not rescued by PakK459A.GMR
Scer\GAL4SG18.1; PakScer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC (gives expression in olfactory neurons, but not in the brain) rescues the development of most glomeruli in Pak11/Pak6 flies.