Gene Information
Gene NameOCA2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length838
Protein NamesP protein (Melanocyte-specific transporter protein) (Pink-eyed dilution protein homolog)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000104044 )
3 ( ENSG00000277361 )
Evolutionary StageCellular_organisms
AlphaFoldDBQ04671
Gene CardOCA2
Uniprot IDQ04671
PfamPF03600
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-1.000187746)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ OCA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ OCA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ OCA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ OCA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Oca2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ OCA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Oca2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ OCA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsSLC13A5, SLC13A2, SLC13A3, SLC13A4, SLC13A1
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in melanocytes and retinal pigment epithelium. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25513726, ECO:0000269|PubMed:32966160}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs554862186  rs61738394  rs772243109  rs562649990  rs183487020  rs190612616  rs2305253  rs1050968  rs33929465  rs797044784  rs769408559  rs1800401  rs121918168  rs34010619  rs533478642  rs61745150  rs34731820  rs137956605  rs150335311  rs121918171  rs757286784  rs144812594  rs1800407  rs143218168  rs752510351  rs1800408  rs121918166  rs140566426  rs74653330  rs121918170  rs41446944  rs35110389  rs1800413  rs1800414  rs763016773  rs1372200062  rs886043514  rs121918169  rs751822606  rs772754008  rs141545475  rs1800417  rs780296175  rs121918167  rs1184589806  rs200457227  rs1255943449  rs751440917 
Subcellular location [CC]Melanosome membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25513726, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7601462};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7601462}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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