TYRP1 gene, having a chromosomal location of 9p23, encodes a melanosomal enzyme belonging to the tyrosinase family. TYRP1 catalyses oxidation of 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) into indole-5,6-quinone-2-carboxylic acid. TYRP1 is also thought to play a role in stabilizing tyrosinase and modulates its catalytic activity, in maintenance of melanosome structure, affecting melanocyte proliferation and melanocyte cell death. Defects in this gene cause oculocutaneous albinism type III; OCA III (also known as rufous oculocutaneous albinism).
NCBI: 7306 MIM: 115501 HGNC: 12450 Ensembl: ENSG00000107165
dbSNP: 7306 ClinVar: 7306 TCGA: ENSG00000107165 COSMIC: TYRP1
Kunal Ray ; Mainak Sengupta ; Sampurna Ghosh
TYRP1 (tyrosinase-related protein 1)
Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. 2016-04-01
Online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/gene/46370/tumors-explorer/meetings/case-report-explorer/