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HPS1

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome 1 protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HPS1 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a protein that may play a role in organelle biogenesis associated with melanosomes, platelet dense granules, and lysosomes. The encoded protein is a component of three different protein complexes termed biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex (BLOC)-3, BLOC4, and BLOC5. Mutations in this gene are associated with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 1. Multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene; the full-length sequences of some of these have not been determined yet.[3]

References

References

  1. Fukai K, Oh J, Frenk E, Almodovar C, Spritz RA (Feb 1996). “Linkage disequilibrium mapping of the gene for Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome to chromosome 10q23.1-q23.3”. Hum Mol Genet. 4 (9): 1665–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/4.9.1665. PMID 8541858.
  2. Wildenberg SC, Oetting WS, Almodovar C, Krumwiede M, White JG, King RA (Nov 1995). “A gene causing Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome in a Puerto Rican population maps to chromosome 10q2”. Am J Hum Genet. 57 (4): 755–65. PMC 1801499. PMID 7573033.
  3. 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: HPS1 Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome 1”.
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