DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating HPS4 and oculocutaneous albinism

HPS4 [ENSP00000381213]

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome 4 protein; Component of the BLOC-3 complex, a complex that acts as a guanine exchange factor (GEF) for RAB32 and RAB38, promotes the exchange of GDP to GTP, converting them from an inactive GDP-bound form into an active GTP-bound form. The BLOC-3 complex plays an important role in the control of melanin production and melanosome biogenesis and promotes the membrane localization of RAB32 and RAB38 .

Synonyms:  HPS4,  HPS4p,  hHPS4,  E5RG08,  F1LLU8 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt