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2.A.45.2.1
P-protein; possible tyrosine transporter (also called "melanocyte-specific transporter", "oculocutaneous albinism-related protein (Oca2)" and "pink-eyed dilution gene product").  It has been reported to exhibit chloride-selective anion channel activity and to be required for melanin production, possibly by controling melanosome pH (Bellono et al. 2014). Its function has been reviewed (Wiriyasermkul et al. 2020).

Accession Number:Q04671
Protein Name:P aka OCA2
Length:838
Molecular Weight:92850.00
Species:Homo sapiens (Human) [9606]
Number of TMSs:14
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Melanosome membrane1 / Multi-pass membrane protein2
Substrate anion, tyrosine

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RefSeq: NP_000266.2   
Entrez Gene ID: 4948   
Pfam: PF03600   
OMIM: 203200  phenotype
227220  phenotype
611409  gene
KEGG: hsa:4948   

Gene Ontology

GO:0016021 C:integral to membrane
GO:0033162 C:melanosome membrane
GO:0015105 F:arsenite transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0015137 F:citrate transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0005302 F:L-tyrosine transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0015746 P:citrate transport
GO:0006726 P:eye pigment biosynthetic process
GO:0055085 P:transmembrane transport

References (26)

[1] “A gene for the mouse pink-eyed dilution locus and for human type II oculocutaneous albinism.”  Rinchik E.M.et.al.   8421497
[2] “Organization and sequence of the human P gene and identification of a new family of transport proteins.”  Lee S.-T.et.al.   7601462
[3] “The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).”  The MGC Project Teamet.al.   15489334
[4] “The mouse pink-eyed dilution gene: association with human Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes.”  Gardner J.M.et.al.   1509264
[5] “The mouse p (pink-eyed dilution) and human P genes, oculocutaneous albinism type 2 (OCA2), and melanosomal pH.”  Brilliant M.H.et.al.   11310796
[6] “Inverse correlation between pink-eyed dilution protein expression and induction of melanogenesis by bafilomycin A1.”  Manga P.et.al.   11601658
[7] “Eye colour: portals into pigmentation genes and ancestry.”  Sturm R.A.et.al.   15262401
[8] “Molecular basis of albinism: mutations and polymorphisms of pigmentation genes associated with albinism.”  Oetting W.S.et.al.   10094567
[9] “Diverse mutations of the P gene among African-Americans with type II (tyrosinase-positive) oculocutaneous albinism (OCA2).”  Lee S.-T.et.al.   7874125
[10] “Frequent intragenic deletion of the P gene in Tanzanian patients with type II oculocutaneous albinism (OCA2).”  Spritz R.A.et.al.   7762554
[11] “Novel mutations of the P gene in type II oculocutaneous albinism (OCA2).”  Spritz R.A.et.al.   9259203
[12] “Mutations of the human P gene associated with type II oculocutaneous albinism (OCA2).”  Oetting W.S.et.al.   10671067
[13] “Novel and recurrent mutations in the tyrosinase gene and the P gene in the German albino population.”  Passmore L.A.et.al.   10987646
[14] “Identification of P gene mutations in individuals with oculocutaneous albinism in sub-Saharan Africa.”  Kerr R.et.al.   10649493
[15] “P gene as an inherited biomarker of human eye color.”  Rebbeck T.R.et.al.   12163334
[16] “MC1R mutations modify the classic phenotype of oculocutaneous albinism type 2 (OCA2).”  King R.A.et.al.   12876664
[17] “A novel P gene missense mutation in a Japanese patient with oculocutaneous albinism type II (OCA2).”  Kato A.et.al.   12727022
[18] “Six novel P gene mutations and oculocutaneous albinism type 2 frequency in Japanese albino patients.”  Suzuki T.et.al.   12713581
[19] “Allele variations in the OCA2 gene (pink-eyed-dilution locus) are associated with genetic susceptibility to melanoma.”  Jannot A.-S.et.al.   15889046
[20] “A three-single-nucleotide polymorphism haplotype in intron 1 of OCA2 explains most human eye-color variation.”  Duffy D.L.et.al.   17236130
[21] “The consensus coding sequences of human breast and colorectal cancers.”  Sjoeblom T.et.al.   16959974
[22] “Genetic determinants of hair, eye and skin pigmentation in Europeans.”  Sulem P.et.al.   17952075
[23] “Prenatal diagnosis of oculocutaneous albinism type II and novel mutations in two Chinese families.”  Hongyi L.et.al.   17385796
[24] “Three genome-wide association studies and a linkage analysis identify HERC2 as a human iris color gene.”  Kayser M.et.al.   18252221
[25] “A single SNP in an evolutionary conserved region within intron 86 of the HERC2 gene determines human blue-brown eye color.”  Sturm R.A.et.al.   18252222
[26] “Blue eye color in humans may be caused by a perfectly associated founder mutation in a regulatory element located within the HERC2 gene inhibiting OCA2 expression.”  Eiberg H.et.al.   18172690

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FASTA formatted sequence
1:	MHLEGRDGRR YPGAPAVELL QTSVPSGLAE LVAGKRRLPR GAGGADPSHS CPRGAAGQSS 
61:	WAPAGQEFAS FLTKGRSHSS LPQMSSSRSK DSCFTENTPL LRNSLQEKGS RCIPVYHPEF 
121:	ITAEESWEDS SADWERRYLL SREVSGLSAS ASSEKGDLLD SPHIRLRLSK LRRCVQWLKV 
181:	MGLFAFVVLC SILFSLYPDQ GKLWQLLALS PLENYSVNLS SHVDSTLLQV DLAGALVASG 
241:	PSRPGREEHI VVELTQADAL GSRWRRPQQV THNWTVYLNP RRSEHSVMSR TFEVLTRETV 
301:	SISIRASLQQ TQAVPLLMAH QYLRGSVETQ VTIATAILAG VYALIIFEIV HRTLAAMLGS 
361:	LAALAALAVI GDRPSLTHVV EWIDFETLAL LFGMMILVAI FSETGFFDYC AVKAYRLSRG 
421:	RVWAMIIMLC LIAAVLSAFL DNVTTMLLFT PVTIRLCEVL NLDPRQVLIA EVIFTNIGGA 
481:	ATAIGDPPNV IIVSNQELRK MGLDFAGFTA HMFIGICLVL LVCFPLLRLL YWNRKLYNKE 
541:	PSEIVELKHE IHVWRLTAQR ISPASREETA VRRLLLGKVL ALEHLLARRL HTFHRQISQE 
601:	DKNWETNIQE LQKKHRISDG ILLAKCLTVL GFVIFMFFLN SFVPGIHLDL GWIAILGAIW 
661:	LLILADIHDF EIILHRVEWA TLLFFAALFV LMEALAHLHL IEYVGEQTAL LIKMVPEEQR 
721:	LIAAIVLVVW VSALASSLID NIPFTATMIP VLLNLSHDPE VGLPAPPLMY ALAFGACLGG 
781:	NGTLIGASAN VVCAGIAEQH GYGFSFMEFF RLGFPMMVVS CTVGMCYLLV AHVVVGWN