Article
A Drosophila temperature-sensitive seizure mutant in phosphoglycerate kinase disrupts ATP generation and alters synaptic function.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 12 May 2004
Wang Ping, Saraswati Sudipta, Guan Zhuo, Watkins Carol J, Wurtman Richard J, Littleton J Troy
Abstract excerpt
A novel paralytic mutant, nubian, was identified in a behavioral screen for conditional temperature-sensitive seizure mutants in Drosophila melanogaster. nubian mutants display reduced lifespan, abnormal motor behavior, altered synaptic structure, and defective neurotransmitter release. The nubian mutant disrupts phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK), an enzyme required for ATP generation in the terminal stage of the...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Chromosome Mapping
- Drosophila
- Electrophysiology
- Endocytosis
- Female
- Genetic Testing
- Larva
- Male
