Amino acid replacement: L655F.
In addition to the L655F amino acid replacement, which may cause the mutant phenotype, a number of additional amino acid changes are present compared to the U34925 mei-41 GenBank sequence (these "common" mutations are also present in other mei-41 mutant alleles, possibly due to variability present in the mutagenised population).
Nucleotide substitution: G4339T.
G16394330T
G4339T
L818F | mei-41-PA
L655F
The mutation site reported in FBrf0160718 is relative to GB:U34925 (in which the predicted CDS is missing 163 N-terminal amino acids relative to genome release 3.2). Other amino acid changes common to several mei-41 mutants are also present in the strain (see FBrf0160718).
55% of eggs derived from homozygous females hatch into larvae. Hemizygous larvae show a G2/M checkpoint that is robust as in wild-type.
Mutations is proficient in excision repair but defective in post-replicative repair of UV damage (FBrf0028765).
Flies are not sensitive to X rays.
Homozygotes and hemizygotes do not show an increased frequency of spontaneous chromosome aberrations in neuroblast metaphases compared to wild-type larvae.
Does not reduce meiotic exchange.