Gene

oca2

ID
ZDB-GENE-070718-4
Name
oculocutaneous albinism II
Symbol
oca2 Nomenclature History
Previous Names
  • P gene
Type
protein_coding_gene
Location
Chr: 6 Mapping Details/Browsers
Description
Involved in iridophore differentiation; melanin biosynthetic process; and melanocyte differentiation. Predicted to localize to integral component of membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in actinic keratosis; oculocutaneous albinism type II; pigmentation disease; skin cancer (multiple); and squamous cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human OCA2 (OCA2 melanosomal transmembrane protein).
Genome Resources
Note
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Comparative Information
Expression
All Expression Data
1 figure from Seberg et al., 2017
Cross-Species Comparison
High Throughput Data
Thisse Expression Data
No data available
Wild Type Expression Summary
Phenotype
All Phenotype Data
5 figures from 3 publications
Cross-Species Comparison
Alliance
Phenotype Summary
Mutations
Mutants
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Human Disease
Associated With oca2 Human Ortholog
Disease Ontology Term Multi-Species Data OMIM Term OMIM Phenotype ID
oculocutaneous albinism type II Alliance Albinism, brown oculocutaneous 203200
oculocutaneous albinism type II Alliance Albinism, oculocutaneous, type II 203200
[Skin/hair/eye pigmentation 1, blond/brown hair] 227220
[Skin/hair/eye pigmentation 1, blue/nonblue eyes] 227220
Associated With oca2 Via Experimental Models
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Gene Ontology
Protein Domains
Domain, Family, and Site Summary
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Domain Details Per Protein
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Genome Browsers
Interactions and Pathways
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Antibodies
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Plasmids
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