| 31118 |
Q24314 |
VPS18_DROME |
Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 18 homolog (Protein deep orange) |
DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE |
Flies display impaired deposition of pigment granules (PubMed:9065698, PubMed:10549280). Member of the 'granule group' of eye color genes as mutants affect deposition in pigment granules of two types of pigments, the ommochromes and drosopterins (PubMed:9065698, PubMed:10549280). RNAi-mediated knockdown results in late endosome fragmentation and mislocalization of Vps8 (PubMed:27253064). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10549280, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27253064, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9065698}. |