Effect of the apterous 56f mutation on N -acetyltransferase and alkaline phosphatase activities in Drosophila melanogaster females

Alkaline phosphatase (AP) and N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activities were studied in 1-day-old Drosophila melanogaster females of the apterous ^56f (ap ^56f ) strain, having an decreased level of the juvenile hormone (JH) and a increased level of dopamine as a result of the mutation, and in the Canton S ancestral wild-type strain in the normal conditions and upon an experimental increase in JH titer. The AP and NAT activities in ap ^56f females were significantly lower than in Canton S females in the norm. JH application increased the AP activity of mutant females to the level characteristic to JH-treated wild-type females. Original Russian Text ? E.V. Bogomolova, N.V. Adonyeva, N.E. Gruntenko, I.Yu. Rauschenbach, 2008, published in Genetika, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 710–712.