| First Author | Hoyle DJ | Year | 2011 |
| Journal | Pigment Cell Melanoma Res | Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 | Pages | 275-81 |
| PubMed ID | 21392365 | Mgi Jnum | J:317907 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:6740864 | Doi | 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00815.x |
| Citation | Hoyle DJ, et al. (2011) Functional interactions between OCA2 and the protein complexes BLOC-1, BLOC-2, and AP-3 inferred from epistatic analyses of mouse coat pigmentation. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 24(2):275-81 |
| abstractText | 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. |
