Gene Information
Gene NameRAB38
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length211
Protein NamesRas-related protein Rab-38 (Melanoma antigen NY-MEL-1)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age544 ( ENSG00000123892 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBP57729
Gene CardRAB38
Uniprot IDP57729
PfamPF00071
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.81453911)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ RAB38 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ RAB38 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ RAB38 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ RAB38 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Rab38 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ RAB38 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Rab38 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsRAB29, RAB32
ParalogsRAB14, RAB5C, RAB39A, RAB27B, RAB36, RAB33B, RABL2A, RABL2B, RAB27A, RAB3C, RAB5A, RAB15, RAB40AL, RAB3A, RAB40C, RAB12, RAB8A, RAB17, RAB20, RAB24, RAB44, RAB1A, RAB11A, RAB31, RAB7A, IFT27, RAB29, RAB33A, RAB9B, RAB10, RAB4B, RAB32, RAB4A, RAB19, RAB42, RAB9A, RAB40A, RAB11B, RAB2B, RAB2A, RAB43, RAB18, RAB37, RAB25, RASEF, RAB6D, RAB6C, RAB8B, RAB41, RAB40B, RAB21, RAB39B, RAB28, RAB5B, RAB13, RAB3B, RAB34, RAB7B, RAB35, RAB3D, RAB1B, RAB6B, RAB22A, RAB26, RAB23, RAB30, RAB6A, DNAJC27
Tissueadrenal.gland, esophagus.mucosa, lower.leg.skin, suprapubic.skin, vagina
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in melanocytes.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 6HDU  (X-ray  1.79A  6S5H  (X-ray  2.00A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000305};
Lipid-anchor {ECO:0000305};
Cytoplasmic side {ECO:0000305}. Melanosome {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12643545}. Cytoplasmic vesicle, phagosome {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21255211}. Cytoplasmic vesicle, phagosome membrane {ECO:0000305};
Lipid-anchor {ECO:0000305};
Cytoplasmic side {ECO:0000305}. Melanosome membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23084991}. Note=Recruited to phagosomes containing S.aureus or M.tuberculosis (PubMed:21255211). The BLOC-3 complex, a heterodimer of HPS1 and HPS4 promotes its membrane localization (PubMed:23084991). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21255211, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23084991}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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