tyr-2 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables dopachrome isomerase activity. Involved in negative regulation of apoptotic process. Expressed in hypodermis and uterine muscle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including ocular albinism 1; oculocutaneous albinism (multiple); and vitiligo. Is an ortholog of human TYR (tyrosinase).