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What (who) is OCA2 - definition


OCA2         
  • chromosome 15]] between positions 12 and 13.1
PROTEIN-CODING GENE IN THE SPECIES HOMO SAPIENS
OCA2 (gene); OCA2 gene
P protein, also known as melanocyte-specific transporter protein or pink-eyed dilution protein homolog, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the oculocutaneous albinism II (OCA2) gene. The P protein is believed to be an integral membrane protein involved in small molecule transport, specifically of tyrosine - a precursor of melanin.
Examples of use of OCA2
1. The team, whose research is published in the journal Human Genetics, identified a single mutation in a gene called OCA2, which arose by chance somewhere around the northwest coasts of the Black Sea in one single individual, about 8000 years ago.