Entrez Summary: This intronless gene encodes a protein that may play a role in organelle biogenesis associated with melanosomes, platelet dense granules, and lysosomes. This protein interacts with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome 5 protein. Mutations in this gene are associated with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 6. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
UniProt Summary: May regulate the synthesis and function of lysosomes and of highly specialized organelles, such as melanosomes and platelet dense granules (PubMed:17041891). Acts as cargo adapter for the dynein-dynactin motor complex to mediate the transport of lysosomes from the cell periphery to the perinuclear region. Facilitates retrograde lysosomal trafficking by linking the motor complex to lysosomes, and perinuclear positioning of lysosomes is crucial for the delivery of endocytic cargos to lysosomes, for lysosome maturation and functioning (PubMed:25189619). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17041891, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25189619}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
No Pfam Domain information is available for this gene.
GO Terms
BLOC-2 complex
melanocyte differentiation
GTP-dependent protein binding
pigment cell differentiation
developmental pigmentation
lysosome localization
pigmentation
Rab GTPase binding
early endosome membrane
blood coagulation
coagulation
hemostasis
lysosomal membrane
wound healing
protein localization to membrane
regulation of body fluid levels
response to wounding
organelle localization
endoplasmic reticulum
cellular protein localization
cellular macromolecule localization
membrane
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)