Amino acid replacement: W58term.
G578283A
W57term | Pph13-PA
W58term
G to A nucleotide change at the second or third position of the Trp codon leads to a nonsense mutation (exact site of mutation unspecified). Site of nucleotide substitution in mutant inferred by FlyBase based on reported amino acid change. Site of amino acid change reported in context of surrounding amino acids. TEARVQVWFQ changes to TEARVQV@FQ in mutant.
Pph13hazy mutant adults exhibit normal phototactic behavior on the day of eclosion and at 5 days old, but exhibit a failure in phototaxis at 10 days of age, as compared to wild type.
The process of rhabdomere initiation has begun in mutant photoreceptor cells at 60 hours after puparium formation (APF), as in wild-type photoreceptors. However, the mutant photoreceptors show clear disorganisation of the initial stages of rhabdomere elaboration. At 72 hours APF, continuing defects in rhabdomere morphogenesis are seen. At 96 hours APF discernible rhabdomere structures are present, but they are smaller than normal and misshapen.
The rhabdomeres of the ocelli in mutant flies show little difference from those in wild-type controls.
Mutant adults lack the deep pseudopupil. The mutants have an abnormal electroretinogram; they respond reproducibly to long durations of high intensity light and the characteristic on- and off-transients seen in wild-type flies are absent. By 10 days after eclosion, the flies appear to lose all responses to light.
All photoreceptor cells and rhabdomeres are present in the eyes of mutant adults. However, the rhabdomeres are severely malformed, usually being significantly smaller in size than normal. The microvilli within each rhabdomere are often misaligned. The rhabdomeres do not consistently extend the entire thickness of the retina. Ultrastructural analysis of the mutant rhabdomeres does not reveal any clear signs of degeneration; the rhabdomere terminal web is formed in the mutant flies and no large concentration of vesicles or multivesicular bodies are seen.
At 60 hours after pupariation (APF), no discernible ultrastructural defects are seen in mutant photoreceptor cells. However, at 72 hours APF, the microvilli of mutant photoreceptor cells are misaligned and loosely packed and at 96 hours APF, there is a severe lack of growth and elongation of the mutant rhabdomere microvilli.
Pph13hazy has rhabdomere of eye photoreceptor cell phenotype, enhanceable by ocuvi
Pph13hazy is an enhancer of rhabdomere of eye photoreceptor cell phenotype of ocuvi
Pph13hazy, ocuvi has eye photoreceptor cell phenotype
Pph13hazy, ocuvi has ocellus rhabdomere phenotype
Newly eclosed ocuvi ; Pph13hazy double mutant adults show a complete loss of rhabdomere formation; in the majority of ommatidia there are no detectable rhabdomeres, while in a few ommatidia only rudimentary structures containing some juxtaposed membrane are seen distally.
The process of rhabdomere initiation has begun in photoreceptor cells at 60 hours after puparium formation (APF) in ocuvi ; Pph13hazy double mutants, as in wild-type photoreceptors. However, the mutant photoreceptors show clear disorganisation of the initial stages of rhabdomere elaboration. At 72 hours APF the defects in rhabdomere morphogenesis in the double mutant are more severe than in either single mutant; the apical rhabdomeric membrane lacks any definable shape and organisation in the double mutant. By 96 hours APF no rhabdomere is recognisable in the double mutants. Instead, there is a region of apical membrane that extends out into the inter-rhabdomeral space in distal portions of the retina, but this membrane lacks any organised structure. This membrane structure is visible along the entire length of the photoreceptor cell. No photoreceptor cell structures can be discerned beyond approximately 20μm from the surface of the retina, compared with 100μm for a wild-type photoreceptor cell.
ocuvi ; Pph13hazy double mutants lack rhabdomeres in the ocelli photoreceptor cells.
Pph13hazy is rescued by Scer\GAL4chp.4.5/Pph13UAS.cMa
Pph13hazy is rescued by Pph13hs.PZ
Expression of Pph13Scer\UAS.cMa under the control of Scer\GAL4chp.4.5 rescues the increase in photoreceptor number seen in Pph13hazy mutant larva.
Selected as: A mutation that lacks the deep pseudopupil in adult eyes.