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Facts about Melanoregulin.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | MREG |
Uniprot: | Q8N565 |
Entrez: | 55686 |
Belongs to: |
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melanoregulin family |
Dilute suppressor protein homolog; DSUFLJ10116; FLJ10116; melanoregulin; MGC90296; WDT2; whn-dependent transcript 2
Mass (kDA):
24.927 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 2q35 |
Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (215939097..216034096, complement) |
Expressed in photoreceptor cells (at protein level).
Apical cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Melanosome membrane; Lipid-anchor. Lysosome membrane; Lipid-anchor. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane. Localizes to the inner segment and basal outer segment of rods in the retina.
PMID: 17260955 by Boesze-Battaglia K., et al. The tetraspanin protein peripherin-2 forms a complex with melanoregulin, a putative membrane fusion regulator.
PMID: 19240024 by Damek-Poprawa M., et al. Melanoregulin (MREG) modulates lysosome function in pigment epithelial cells.