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Abstract Five Drosophila melanogaster genes belong to the highly conserved sir2 family, which encodes NAD+-dependent protein deacetylases. Of these five, dsir2+ (CG5216) is most similar to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae SIR2 gene, which has profound effects on chromatin structure and life span. Four independent Drosophila strains were found with P-element insertions near the dsir2 transcriptional start site as well as extraneous linked recessive lethal mutations. Imprecise excision of one of these P elements (PlacW 07223) from a chromosome freed of extraneous lethal mutations produced dsir217, a null intragenic deletion allele that generates no DSIR2 protein. Contrary to expectations from the report by Rosenberg and Parkhurst on their P-mobilization allele dSir2ex10, homozygosity for dsir217 had no apparent deleterious effects on viability, developmental rate, or sex ratio, and it fully complemented sir2ex10. Moreover, through a genetic test, we ruled out the reported effect of dSir2ex10 on Sex-lethal expression. We did observe a modest, strictly recessive suppression of whitem4 position-effect variegation and a shortening of life span in dsir2 homozygous mutants, suggesting that dsir2 has some functions in common with yeast SIR2.

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Åström, S. U., Cline, T. W., & Rine, J. (2003). The Drosophila melanogaster sir2+ Gene Is Nonessential and Has Only Minor Effects on Position-Effect Variegation. Genetics, 163(3), 931–937.

Authors 3
  1. Stefan U Åström (first)
  2. Thomas W Cline (additional)
  3. Jasper Rine (additional)
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@article{_str_m_2003, title={The Drosophila melanogaster sir2+ Gene Is Nonessential and Has Only Minor Effects on Position-Effect Variegation}, volume={163}, ISSN={1943-2631}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/genetics/163.3.931}, DOI={10.1093/genetics/163.3.931}, number={3}, journal={Genetics}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Åström, Stefan U and Cline, Thomas W and Rine, Jasper}, year={2003}, month=mar, pages={931–937} }