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MLPH

Chr 2q37.3

melanophilin

Aliases:
l1Rk3, l(1)-3Rk, Slac-2a, ln, exophilin-3
MANE:
ENST00000264605.8

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Vici Syndrome and other autophagy disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Albinism or congenital nystagmus

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Pigmentary skin disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Griscelli syndrome type 3

    0.68
  • Griscelli disease type 3

    0.52
  • Griscelli disease

    0.52
  • prostate carcinoma

    0.49
  • prostate cancer

    0.39
  • Griscelli syndrome

    0.37
  • lysosomal storage disease

    0.37
  • multiple sclerosis

    0.37
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.37
  • Alzheimer disease

    0.37

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Melanophilin

Rab effector protein involved in melanosome transport. Serves as link between melanosome-bound RAB27A and the motor protein MYO5A

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.