No mutation has been identified in the exons or splice sites of obe transcription unit. However, the full length transcript is expressed at 10% of wild-type levels in the progeny of homozygous females.
Embryos derived from homozygous females show significantly reduced axis elongation during germband extension compared to wild type (the severity of the defect is unaffected by the paternal obe contribution).
Embryos derived from obe1/obe2 females show significantly reduced axis elongation during germband extension compared to wild type (the severity of the defect is unaffected by the paternal obe contribution).
obe1/Df(3R)Exel6174 embryos derived from obe1/Df(3R)Exel6174 females crossed to obe1/+ males show significantly reduced axis elongation during germband extension compared to wild type.
Homozygous obe1 embryos derived from homozygous females crossed to heterozygous males and obe1/obe2 embryos derived from obe1/obe2 females crossed to obe2/+ males show an abnormal aggregation of adherens junction proteins at stage 7.
In contrast to wild type, most of the centrosomes in epithelial cells fail to dissociate from microtubules and remain in close proximity to adherens junctions throughout axis elongation (stages 6 and 7) in obe1/obe2 embryos derived from obe1/obe2 females crossed to obe2/+ males. This results in a failure of the centrosomes to relocalise laterally. The mis-positioned centrosomes are often associated with adherens junction aggregates.
The adherens junction and centrosome defects seen in stage 7 obe1/obe2 embryos derived from obe1/obe2 females crossed to obe2/+ males are rescued by nocodazole treatment (which inhibits microtubule polymerisation).
Expression of obeCH322-15H13 rescues the axis elongation defects seen during germband extension in the progeny of obe1/obe1 females crossed to obe1/+ males.
Expression of obesqh.PV rescues the axis elongation defects seen during germband extension in the progeny of obe1/obe1 females crossed to obe1/+ males.
Isolated in the background of a subset of PBac{SAstopDsRed} insertion lines on chromosome arm 3R.