Functional interactions between OCA2 and the protein complexes BLOC-1, BLOC-2, and AP-3 inferred from epistatic analyses of mouse coat pigmentation.
| Autor: | Hoyle DJ; Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Rodriguez-Fernandez IA, Dell'angelica EC |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Pigment cell & melanoma research [Pigment Cell Melanoma Res] 2011 Apr; Vol. 24 (2), pp. 275-81. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Dec 17. |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00815.x |
| Abstrakt: | The biogenesis of melanosomes is a multistage process that requires the function of cell-type-specific and ubiquitously expressed proteins. OCA2, the product of the gene defective in oculocutaneous albinism type 2, is a melanosomal membrane protein with restricted expression pattern and a potential role in the trafficking of other proteins to melanosomes. The ubiquitous protein complexes AP-3, BLOC-1, and BLOC-2, which contain as subunits the products of genes defective in various types of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, have been likewise implicated in trafficking to melanosomes. We have tested for genetic interactions between mutant alleles causing deficiency in OCA2 (pink-eyed dilution unstable), AP-3 (pearl), BLOC-1 (pallid), and BLOC-2 (cocoa) in C57BL/6J mice. The pallid allele was epistatic to pink-eyed dilution, and the latter behaved as a semi-dominant phenotypic enhancer of cocoa and, to a lesser extent, of pearl. These observations suggest functional links between OCA2 and these three protein complexes involved in melanosome biogenesis. (© 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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