Ras-related protein Rab-38 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAB38gene.[1][2]
In melanocytic cells RAB38 gene expression may be regulated by MITF.[3]
References
↑Jager D, Stockert E, Jager E, Gure AO, Scanlan MJ, Knuth A, Old LJ, Chen YT (Aug 2000). "Serological cloning of a melanocyte rab guanosine 5'-triphosphate-binding protein and a chromosome condensation protein from a melanoma complementary DNA library". Cancer Res. 60 (13): 3584–91. PMID10910072.
↑Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, et al. (2008). "Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy". Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID19067971.
Further reading
Chi A, Valencia JC, Hu ZZ, et al. (2007). "Proteomic and bioinformatic characterization of the biogenesis and function of melanosomes". J. Proteome Res. 5 (11): 3135–44. doi:10.1021/pr060363j. PMID17081065.
Barrios-Rodiles M, Brown KR, Ozdamar B, et al. (2005). "High-throughput mapping of a dynamic signaling network in mammalian cells". Science. 307 (5715): 1621–5. doi:10.1126/science.1105776. PMID15761153.
Suzuki T, Miyamura Y, Inagaki K, Tomita Y (2004). "Characterization of the human RAB38 and RAB7 genes: exclusion of new major pathological loci for Japanese OCA". J. Dermatol. Sci. 32 (2): 131–6. doi:10.1016/S0923-1811(03)00071-9. PMID12850305.
Basrur V, Yang F, Kushimoto T, et al. (2003). "Proteomic analysis of early melanosomes: identification of novel melanosomal proteins". J. Proteome Res. 2 (1): 69–79. doi:10.1021/pr025562r. PMID12643545.
