PMEL (gene)

Premelanosome protein
Rendering of PMEL from PDB 1TVB​
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB List of PDB id codes 1TVB​, 1TVH​, 3CC5​, 4IS6​
Identifiers
Symbols	PMEL ; D12S53E; ME20; ME20-M; ME20M; P1; P100; PMEL17; SI; SIL; SILV; gp100
External IDs	OMIM: 155550 MGI: 98301 HomoloGene: 5048 GeneCards: PMEL Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • protein binding Cellular component • extracellular region • endoplasmic reticulum membrane • Golgi apparatus • plasma membrane • integral component of membrane • multivesicular body membrane • melanosome Biological process • melanosome organization • melanin biosynthetic process Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	6490	20431
Ensembl	ENSG00000185664	ENSMUSG00000025359
UniProt	P40967	Q9CZB2
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001200053	NM_021882
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001186982	NP_068682
Location (UCSC)	Chr 12: 55.95 – 55.97 Mb	Chr 10: 128.71 – 128.72 Mb
PubMed search

Melanocyte protein PMEL also known as premelanosome protein (PMEL) or silver locus protein homolog (SILV) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PMEL gene.^[1][2] Its gene product may be referred to as PMEL, silver, ME20, gp100 or Pmel17.

Structure and function

PMEL is a 100 kDa type I transmembrane glycoprotein that is expressed primarily in pigment cells of the skin and eye. The transmembrane form of PMEL is modified in the secretory pathway by elaboration of N-linked oligosaccharides and addition and modification of O-linked oligosaccharides. It is then targeted to precursors of the pigment organelle, the melanosome, where it is proteolytically processed to several small fragments. Some of these fragments form non-pathological amyloid that assemble into sheets and form the striated pattern that underlies melanosomal ultrastructure. PMEL cleavage is mediated by several proteases including a proprotein convertase of the furin family, a "sheddase" that might include members of the a disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM) family, and additional proteases in melanosomes or their precursors. After the amyloidogenic region is cleaved, the small remaining integral membrane fragment is digested by γ-secretase.

The expression of the PMEL gene is regulated by the microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF).^[3][4]

References

1. Kim KK, Youn BS, Heng HH, Shi XM, Tsui LC, Lee ZH, Pickard RT, Kwon BS (Oct 1996). "Genomic organization and FISH mapping of human Pmel 17, the putative silver locus". Pigment Cell Res 9 (1): 42–8. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00085.x. PMID 8739560.
2. "Entrez Gene: SILV silver homolog (mouse)".
3. Du J, Miller AJ, Widlund HR, Horstmann MA, Ramaswamy S, Fisher DE (2003). "MLANA/MART1 and SILV/PMEL17/GP100 are transcriptionally regulated by MITF in melanocytes and melanoma". Am. J. Pathol. 163 (1): 333–43. doi:10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63657-7. PMC 1868174. PMID 12819038.
4. Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, Widmer DS, Praetorius C, Einarsson SO, Valgeirsdottir S, Bergsteinsdottir K, Schepsky A, Dummer R, Steingrimsson E (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. PMID 19067971.

Further reading

• Aplan PD, Lombardi DP, Kirsch IR (1991). "Structural characterization of SIL, a gene frequently disrupted in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.". Mol. Cell. Biol. 11 (11): 5462–9. PMC 361915. PMID 1922059.
• Kwon BS, Chintamaneni C, Kozak CA, et al. (1991). "A melanocyte-specific gene, Pmel 17, maps near the silver coat color locus on mouse chromosome 10 and is in a syntenic region on human chromosome 12.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88 (20): 9228–32. doi:10.1073/pnas.88.20.9228. PMC 52687. PMID 1924386.
• Brown L, Cheng JT, Chen Q, et al. (1990). "Site-specific recombination of the tal-1 gene is a common occurrence in human T cell leukemia.". EMBO J. 9 (10): 3343–51. PMC 552072. PMID 2209547.
• Guillaume van Niel, Ptissam Bergam, Aurelie Di Cicco, et al & Graça Raposo (2015). "Apolipoprotein E Regulates Amyloid Formation within Endosomes of Pigment Cells". Cell Reports 13 (1): 43–51. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2015.08.057.
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• Maresh GA, Marken JS, Neubauer M, et al. (1994). "Cloning and expression of the gene for the melanoma-associated ME20 antigen.". DNA Cell Biol. 13 (2): 87–95. doi:10.1089/dna.1994.13.87. PMID 8179825.
• Bailin T, Lee ST, Spritz RA (1996). "Genomic organization and sequence of D12S53E (Pmel 17), the human homologue of the mouse silver (si) locus.". J. Invest. Dermatol. 106 (1): 24–7. doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12326976. PMID 8592076.
• Chakraborty AK, Platt JT, Kim KK, et al. (1996). "Polymerization of 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid to melanin by the pmel 17/silver locus protein.". Eur. J. Biochem. 236 (1): 180–8. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.t01-1-00180.x. PMID 8617263.
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