Drosophila melanogaster troponin-T mutations engender three distinct syndromes of myofibrillar abnormalities

Journal of Molecular Biology
E A FyrbergD L Saville

Abstract

In vertebrates troponin complexes interact co-operatively with tropomyosin dimers to modulate skeletal muscle contraction. In order further to investigate troponin assembly and function in vivo, we are developing molecular genetic approaches. Here we report characterization of the gene that encodes Drosophila tropinin-T and analyses of muscle defects engendered by several mutant alleles. We found that the Drosophila troponin-T locus specifies at least three proteins having sequences similar to vertebrate troponin-T. All are significantly larger than any avian or mammalian isoforms, however, due to a highly acidic carboxy-terminal extension. Comparisons of the chromosomal arrangements of vertebrate and Drosophila troponin-T genes revealed that the location of one intron-exon boundary is conserved. This observation and the similarity of vertebrate and Drosophila troponin-T primary sequences suggest that the respective proteins are homologous, and that troponin-T pre-dates the divergence of vertebrate and invertebrate organisms. In situ hybridization of the Drosophila troponin-T gene to polytene chromosomes demonstrated that it resides within subdivision 12A of the X chromosome, precisely where upheld and indented thorax flight mu...Continue Reading

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