Amino acid replacement: I271M.
Nucleotide substitution of ATG for ATA, (amino acid replacement of I by M) in the 425 amino stretch that is highly similar among DEAD-box proteins.
T15072797G
A?G
I271M | vas-PA; I271M | vas-PB; I271M | vas-PC
I271M
Lasko, 2000.2.7, personal communication
Temperature sensitivity is restricted to the abdominal phenotype: at the restrictive temperature embryos lack abdomens.
Progeny have no abdominal defects but still lack pole cells.
A weak vas allele.