Oca2
Coloration (albinism)
Catecholamine metabolism
Coding,
Deletion
N
Astyanax mexicanus
Mexican tetra - (species) D
Intraspecific
Linkage Mapping
Protas ME; Hersey C; Kochanek D ; et al. (2006)
Genetic analysis of cavefish reveals molecular convergence in the evolution of albinism.
2 Additional References
GP00000745
Oca2
Q62052
Morphology
Physiology
Deletion of exon 21 N
Astyanax mexicanus
Mexican tetra - (species)
Astyanax mexicanus
Mexican tetra - (species) D
Oca2
Astyanax mexicanus
Mexican tetra - (species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
Oca2
Coloration (albinism)
Catecholamine metabolism
Coding,
Deletion
N
Astyanax mexicanus
Mexican tetra - (species) D
Intraspecific
Linkage Mapping
Protas ME; Hersey C; Kochanek D ; et al. (2006)
Genetic analysis of cavefish reveals molecular convergence in the evolution of albinism.
2 Additional References
GP00000746
Oca2
Q62052
Morphology
Physiology
Almost complete deletion of exon 24; + 2 a.a subsitutions at conserved positions - the two point mutations do not drastically affect the function of OCA2 in cell lines suggesting that the exon 24 deletion is the mutation that causes albinism in the Pachón population N
Astyanax mexicanus
Mexican tetra - (species)
Astyanax mexicanus
Mexican tetra - (species) D
Oca2
Astyanax mexicanus
Mexican tetra - (species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
Oca2
Coloration (eyes; skin, hair)
Cis-regulatory,
SNP
Homo sapiens
human - (species)
Intraspecific
Association Mapping
Eiberg H; Troelsen J; Nielsen M ; et al. (2008)
Blue eye color in humans may be caused by a perfectly associated founder mutation in a regulatory el[...]
5 Additional References
GP00000747
Oca2
Q62052
Morphology
Causative SNP in enhancer localized in intron of neighbor gene HERC2 : likely rs12913832 within HERC2 which influences on OCA2 expression in eye hair and skin pigmentation
Homo sapiens
human - (species)
Homo sapiens
human - (species)
Oca2
Homo sapiens
human - (species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
Oca2
Coloration (skin)
Coding,
SNP
Homo sapiens
human - (species) D
Intraspecific
Association Mapping
Edwards M; Bigham A; Tan J ; et al. (2010)
Association of the OCA2 polymorphism His615Arg with melanin content in east Asian populations: furth[...]
1 Additional References
GP00000748
Oca2
Q62052
Morphology
His615Arg
Homo sapiens
human - (species)
Homo sapiens
human - (species) D
Oca2
Homo sapiens
human - (species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
Oca2
Coloration (albinism)
Coding,
Insertion
N
Pantherophis guttatus
(species) D
Intraspecific
Linkage Mapping
Saenko SV; Lamichhaney S; Martinez Barrio A ; et al. (2015)
Amelanism in the corn snake is associated with the insertion of an LTR-retrotransposon in the OCA2 g[...]
GP00001619
OCA2
Q04671
Morphology
insertion of an LTR-retrotransposon (5832-bp) in the 11th intron resulting after splicing in an additional 397-bp fragment constituted of 3 new exons inserted between exons 11 and 12. Generates truncated protein with two stop codons N
Pantherophis guttatus
(species)
Pantherophis guttatus
(species) D
Oca2
Pantherophis guttatus
(species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
Oca2
Coloration (albinism)
Coding,
Deletion
N
Melanochromis auratus
(species) D
Intraspecific
Candidate Gene
Kratochwil CF; Urban S; Meyer A (2019)
Genome of the Malawi golden cichlid fish (Melanochromis auratus) reveals exon loss of oca2 in an ame[...]
GP00001955
Oca2
Q62052
Morphology
deletion covering a total of 5.4kb including exon 2 and parts of the flanking introns 1 and 2 N
Melanochromis auratus
(species)
Melanochromis auratus
(species) D
Oca2
Melanochromis auratus
(species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
Oca2
Coloration (albinism)
Coding,
Insertion
N
Carassius auratus
goldfish - (species) D
Domesticated
Candidate Gene
Kon T; Omori Y; Fukuta K ; et al. (2020)
The Genetic Basis of Morphological Diversity in Domesticated Goldfish.
GP00002351
Oca2
Q62052
Morphology
1-bp insert creating a frameshift and a truncated protein (470 amino acids instead of 805). In oca2L ohnolog on chromosome LG6. N
Carassius auratus
goldfish - (species)
Carassius auratus
goldfish - (species) D
Oca2
Carassius auratus
goldfish - (species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
Oca2
Coloration (albinism)
Coding,
Deletion
N
Carassius auratus
goldfish - (species) D
Domesticated
Candidate Gene
Kon T; Omori Y; Fukuta K ; et al. (2020)
The Genetic Basis of Morphological Diversity in Domesticated Goldfish.
GP00002352
Oca2
Q62052
Morphology
1-bp deletion creating a frameshift and a truncated protein (519 amino acids instead of 805). In oca2S ohnolog on chromosome LG31. N
Carassius auratus
goldfish - (species)
Carassius auratus
goldfish - (species) D
Oca2
Carassius auratus
goldfish - (species)
Published - Accepted by Curator