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Eyes closed, a Drosophila p47 homolog, is essential for photoreceptor morphogenesis

Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

*Author for correspondence (e-mail: dready{at}bilbo.bio.purdue.edu)

Accepted 2 October 2001

Starting with a mutation impacting photoreceptor morphogenesis, we identify here a Drosophila gene, eyes closed (eyc), as a fly homolog of p47, a protein co-factor of the p97 ATPase implicated in membrane fusion. Temporal misexpression of Eyc during rhabdomere extension early in pupal life results in inappropriate retention of normally transient adhesions between developing rhabdomeres. Later Eyc misexpression results in endoplasmic reticulum proliferation and inhibits rhodopsin transport to the developing photosensitive membrane. Loss of Eyc function results in a lethal failure of nuclear envelope assembly in early zygotic divisions. Phenotypes resulting from eyc mutations provide the first in vivo evidence for a role for p47 in membrane biogenesis.

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Key words: Drosophila, Photoreceptor, Rhabdomere morphogenesis, p47, p97, Membrane fusion, Nuclear envelope

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