“…In addition, their expression is also required for the biogenesis of PMEL-positive premature melanosomes. Previous studies in non-melanocytes have shown that STX13 is required for recycling of transferrin receptor and other cargo to cell surface ( Prekeris et al, 1998 ), homotypic endosome fusion ( McBride et al, 1999 ), phagophore maturation ( Lu et al, 2013 ) and axon regeneration during nerve injury ( Cho et al, 2014 ). By contrast, VAMP7 is involved in the fusion of late endosomes with lysosomes ( Chaineau et al, 2009 ), delivery of GLUT1 to plasma membrane along with retromer ( Hesketh et al, 2014 ), membrane repair ( Rao et al, 2004 ), neurite outgrowth ( Martinez-Arca et al, 2000 ) and fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes ( Fader et al, 2009 ).…”