OCA2 (P protein) is a gene. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role. Tied to Skin cancer, Melanoma and Basal cell carcinoma. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.
Biology
Contributes to a melanosome-specific anion (chloride) current that modulates melanosomal pH for optimal tyrosinase activity required for melanogenesis and the melanosome maturation. One of the components of the mammalian pigmentary system. May serve as a key control point at which ethnic skin colour variation is determined. Major determinant of brown and/or blue eye colour. Seems to regulate the post-translational processing of tyrosinase, which catalyses the limiting reaction in melanin synthesis. Location: Melanosome membrane (UniProt). Locus 15q12-q13.1 (HGNC).
- Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.63 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898)
- Melanoma: Open Targets association 0.59 with melanoma (MONDO_0005105)
- Basal cell carcinoma: Open Targets association 0.54 with basal cell carcinoma (MONDO_0020804)
External identifiers
Built from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL idsProducts by modality and phase
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Pathways
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Companion diagnostics
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Preclinical models
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Open questions
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Literature
Preprints →Query for this target: (TITLE:"OCA2" OR ABSTRACT:"OCA2" OR TITLE:"OCA2 melanosomal transmembrane protein" OR ABSTRACT:"OCA2 melanosomal transmembrane protein" OR TITLE:"P protein" OR ABSTRACT:"P protein" OR TITLE:"BEY1" OR ABSTRACT:"BEY1" OR TITLE:"BEY2" OR ABSTRACT:"BEY2" OR TITLE:"SLC13B1" OR ABSTRACT:"SLC13B1") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about OCA2, not a curated reading list.
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