Mine Disruption Phenotype

Gene Info

  • Species: Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
  • GeneID: 36405
  • Symbol: Taz
  • Description: Tafazzin
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Gene ID Entry Entry Name Protein Name Type Information
36405 Q9V6G5 TAZ_DROME Tafazzin (TAZ) (dTAZ) (EC 2.3.1.-) DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE Cardiolipin (CL) deficiency, faster turnover, abnormal CL fatty acyl composition and abnormal muscle mitochondria (PubMed:17082194, PubMed:16855048, PubMed:19700766, PubMed:19114128, PubMed:31110016). Poor motor performance of flight muscles (PubMed:16855048, PubMed:19114128, PubMed:29405656). Significantly reduced climbing speed and endurance which does not improve with endurance training in contrast to wild-type flies (PubMed:16855048, PubMed:29405656). Normal response to cardiac pacing (PubMed:29405656). Male sterility (PubMed:19164547). Male-sterile phenotype can be suppressed by genetic inactivation of iPLA2-VIA, which prevents CL depletion and monolyso-CL accumulation without correcting the abnormal CL acyl composition, suggesting that the abnormal levels of CL and/or monolyso-CL are important pathogenetic factors (PubMed:19164547). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16855048, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17082194, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19114128, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19164547, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19700766, ECO:0000269|PubMed:29405656, ECO:0000269|PubMed:31110016}.