UAS regulatory sequences drive expression of a mutant form of β-Spec which carries the amino acid replacement L246P (this mutation is equivalent to the spinocerebellar ataxia type 5 disease-associated L253P variant of the human SPTBN2 ortholog). The protein is tagged at the N-terminal end with mEos3.2.
β-Specem21 heterozygotes expressing β-SpecSCA5.Scer\UAS.T:Lhem\EosFP-m3.2 under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PU are near lethal.
Scer\GAL4elav.PU/β-SpecSCA5.UAS.mEos3.2 fails to rescue β-Specem21
The expression of β-SpecSCA5.Scer\UAS.T:Lhem\EosFP-m3.2 under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PU fails to rescue the lethality of β-Specem21 hemizygotes.