Drosophila Protamine-Like Mst35Ba and Mst35Bb Are Required for Proper Sperm Nuclear Morphology but Are Dispensable for Male Fertility

Author:

Tirmarche Samantha1,Kimura Shuhei1,Sapey-Triomphe Laure1,Sullivan William2,Landmann Frédéric3,Loppin Benjamin11

Affiliation:

1. Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire – CNRS UMR 5534 – Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France

2. Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064

3. Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire – CNRS UMR 5237 – 34293 Montpellier, France

Abstract

Abstract During spermiogenesis, histones are massively replaced with protamines. A previous report showed that Drosophila males homozygous for a genomic deletion covering several genes including the protamine-like genes Mst35Ba/b are surprisingly fertile. Here, we have precisely deleted the Mst35B locus by homologous recombination, and we confirm the dispensability of Mst35Ba/b for fertility.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Genetics(clinical),Genetics,Molecular Biology

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