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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Traffic. 2019 Jun;20(6):404–435. doi: 10.1111/tra.12646

TABLE 2.

Disease-associated genes in humans and their model systems.

zHuman gene Alternative human
gene names
Affected protein
complex/subunit
Human
disease
Rodent model Drosophila
model
Other models
BLOC1S1 BLOS1, BORCS1, RT14, GCN5L1 BLOC-1 and BORC subunit BLOS1 Blos1Ell-Cre/loxp; Blos1nestin-Cre/loxp blos1 bloc1s1ihb815 (z)
blos-1(-) (c)
BLOC1S2 BLOS2, BORCS2, CEAP, CEAP11 BLOC-1 and BORC subunit BLOS2 Bloc1s2−/− bloc1s2ihb818(z)
p-Translucent (op) (d)
BLOC1S3 Reduced Pigmentation (RP), BLOS3, HPS8 BLOC-1 subunit BLOS3 HPS8 reduced pigmentation
BLOC1S4 CNO, BLOS4, BCAS4L BLOC-1 subunit Cappuccino cappuccino
BLOC1S5 MUTED, BLOS5, MU BLOC-1 subunit Muted muted Tanaka’s mottled translucent (otm) (b)
BLOC1S6 PLDN,
PALLID, BLOS6, HPS9
BLOC-1 subunit Pallidin HPS9 pallid glo-2(-) (c)
SNAPIN BLOC1S7, BLOS7, BORCS3, SNAPAP BLOC-1 and BORC subunit Snapin snapin−/− snpn-1 (c)
DTNBP1 BLOC1S8, DBND, SNDY, HPS7 BLOC-1 subunit Dysbindin HPS7 sandy Mottled translucent of var (ov) (d)
HPS3 BLOC2S1, SUTAL BLOC-2 subunit HPS3 cocoa
HPS5 BLOC2S2, AIBP63 BLOC-2 subunit HPS5 ruby-eye 2 pink snow white (z)
Aojuku translucent (oa) (d)
HPS6 BLOC2S3 BLOC-2 subunit HPS6 ruby-eye no privacy (x)
HPS1 BLOC3S1, HPS BLOC-3 subunit HPS1 pale ear
HPS4 BLOC3S2, LE BLOC-3 subunit HPS4 light ear
AP3B1 ADTB3A, HPS2, PE AP-3 β3A subunit HPS2 pearl; Ap3b1LN ruby apt-6(-) (c)
AP3D1 ADTD, HPS10 AP-3 δ subunit HPS10 mocha garnet apt-5(-) (c)
AP3M1 AP-3 μ3A subunit carmine apt-7(-) (c)
AP3M2 P47B, AP47B, CLA20 AP-3 μ2 subunit
AP3S1 CLAPS3 AP-3 σ3A subunit orange
AP3S2 AP3S3 AP-3 σ2 subunit
VPS33A MPSPS HOPS/CORVET subunit VPS33A buff carnation vps-33.1(-) (c)
VPS11 END1, PEP5, RNF108, HLD12 HOPS/CORVET subunit VPS11 vps-11(-) (c)
platinum (z)
VPS16 HOPS/CORVET subunit VPS16A maroon vps-16(-) (c)
VPS18 PEP3 HOPS/CORVET subunit VPS18 deep orange vps-18(-) (c)
vps18(hi2499A) (z)
VPS41 HOPS subunit VPS41 light vps-41(-) (c)
VPS39 VAM6, TLP HOPS subunit VPS39 vps-39(-) (c)
lbk/vam6 (z)
RAB38 NY-MEL1 RAB38 Chocolate mouse; Ruby rat lightoid glo-1(-) (c)
RAB32 RAB32 lightoid glo-1(-) (c)
RABGGTA PTAR3, RGGTA Rab geranylgeranyltransferase II subunit α gunmetal
SLC7A11 XCT, CCBR1 SLC7A11 subtle gray
LYST CHS1 LYST CHS beige mauve lvsA, lvsB (d)
lyst-1(-) (c)
VPS33B CHEVI complex subunit VPS33B ARC Vps33bfl/fl vps33.2(-) (c)
vps33b MO (z)
VIPAS39 VIPAR, VPS16B, SPE-39, C14orf133 CHEVI complex subunit VPS16B ARC Vipas39fl/fl full of bacteria spe39(-) (c)
vipar MO (z)
NBEAL2 GPS, BDPLT4 NBEAL2 GPS nbeal2−/−
MYOVA MYH12, MYR12, MYOV Myosin Va GS1 dilute
RAB27A RAM Rab GTPase RAB27A GS2 ashen
MLPH SLC2-A Melanophilin GS3 leaden
UNC13D Munc13-4 Munc13-4 FHL3 Jinx
STX11 Syntaxin-11 FHL4 Stx11−/−
STXBP2 Munc18-2, UNC18-2, UNC18B Munc18-2 (Munc18b) FHL5 Munc18b+/−

Key:

(z): zebrafish; (c): C. elegans; (x): Xenopus laevis; (d): D. discoideum; (b): Bombyx mori.

Colored highlights indicate subunits of the same multisubunit protein complex.

Targeted gene knockouts in mice are indicated as −/−; mice with conditional knockouts in specific cell types through Cre/loxp technology are indicated as fl/fl.