Homozygous klgruslan mutants show increased sensitivity to ethanol vapor compared with controls. klgruslan mutant flies also show reduced rapid tolerance to ethanol. Whereas control flies exhibit a reduced behavioural response following pre-exposure to intoxicating levels of ethanol, klgruslan mutant flies exposed to either ethanol or air produce a similar response. Chronic tolerance is also reduced; unlike in controls no change in behavioural response is seen following overnight pre-exposure to a low concentration of ethanol (never reaching intoxicating levels).
In memory tests, mutants perform at 91% of wild-type after a single training session, at 31% after spaced training.
klgruslan is a suppressor of abnormal memory | heat sensitive phenotype of NHsp70Bb.PL
The enhancement of long-term memory by NHsp70Bb.PL over-expression is suppressed in klgruslan flies.
klgruslan/klgGS10439 is rescued by Scer\GAL4klg-ruslan, klgGS10439
Etymology: Given the name "ruslan", after one of Pavlov's dogs.