The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Melanophilin across different species:

melanophilin (MLPH), melanophilin (Mlph), melanophilin (mlph), melanophilin (LOC100222096), melanophilin (LOC100343360)

Other aliases include:

MGC2771, SLAC2-A, MGC59733, ln, l1Rk3, Slac-2a, AW228792, D1Wsu84e, l(1)-3Rk, 2210418F23Rik, 5031433I09Rik, MGC155106, LOC100222096

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Melanophilin:

melanophilin – exophilin-3 – leaden – OTTMUSP00000025451

Melanophilin fulfills a number of functions:

Rab GTPase binding – metal ion binding – protein binding – zinc ion binding – actin binding – microtubule plus-end binding – myosin V binding – myosin binding

Melanophilin is relevant to the following processes:

intracellular protein transport – melanocyte differentiation – melanosome localization – pigmentation – protein targeting – regulation of catalytic activity

Locations for Melanophilin:

cytoplasm – actin cytoskeleton – melanosome

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology