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melanophilin

n. (context genetics English) A carrier protein that encodes a member of the exophilin subfamily of Rab effector proteins.

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Melanophilin

Melanophilin is a carrier protein which in humans is encoded by the MLPH gene. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been determined.