Structural basis for the exclusive specificity of Slac2-a/melanophilin for the Rab27 GTPases.
Kukimoto-Niino, M., Sakamoto, A., Kanno, E., Hanawa-Suetsugu, K., Terada, T., Shirouzu, M., Fukuda, M., Yokoyama, S.(2008) Structure 16: 1478-1490
- PubMed: 18940604 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2008.07.014
- PubMed Abstract: 
Rab27A is required for actin-based melanosome transport in mammalian skin melanocytes through its interaction with a specific effector, Slac2-a/melanophilin. Mutations that disrupt the Rab27A/Slac2-a interaction cause human Griscelli syndrome. The ot ...