Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Involved in anterograde synaptic vesicle transport. Acts upstream of or within melanosome organization; neuromuscular process controlling balance; and platelet aggregation. Located in cytoplasm. Part of BLOC-1 complex. Used to study Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. Orthologous to human BLOC1S4 (biogenesis of lysosomal organelles complex 1 subunit 4).