[Effect of the apterous56f 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 apterous56f (ap56f) strain, having an elevated level of the juvenile hormone (JH) and a decreased 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 ap56f 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.