DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating CTNS and band keratopathy

CTNS [ENSP00000371294]

Cystinosin; Cystine/H(+) symporter thought to transport cystine out of lysosomes. Plays an important role in melanin synthesis, possibly by preventing melanosome acidification and subsequent degradation of tyrosinase TYR; Belongs to the cystinosin family.

Synonyms:  CTNS,  A0A0S2Z3I9,  A0A0S2Z3K3,  A8MXW3,  C9JMM9 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt  OMIM