Involved in negative regulation of autophagosome size; phagocytosis; and regulation of organelle organization. Located in spindle pole and vesicle. Is expressed in adult head and organism. Used to study Chediak-Higashi syndrome.
FB Description
mauve (mv) encodes a member of the family of beige and Chediak-Higashi syndrome (BEACH)-domain containing proteins. Proteins in this family function to restrain the size of lysosomes and lysosome-related organelles.