Abstract
Segregation Distorter ( SD) is a meiotic drive system in Drosophila that causes preferential transmission of the SD chromosome from SD/SD + males owing to dysfunction of SD + spermatids. The Sd locus, which is essential for distortion, encodes a truncated RanGAP (Ran GTPase activating protein), a key nuclear transport factor. Here, we show that Sd-RanGAP retains normal enzyme activity but is mislocalized to nuclei. Distortion is abolished when enzymatic activity or nuclear localization of Sd-RanGAP is perturbed. Overexpression of Ran or RanGEF (Ran GTPase exchange factor) in the male germline fully suppresses distortion. We conclude that mislocalization of Sd-RanGAP causes distortion by reducing nuclear RanGTP, thereby disrupting the Ran signaling pathway. Nuclear transport of a GFP reporter in salivary glands is impaired by SD, suggesting that a defect in nuclear transport may underlie sperm dysfunction.
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