Protein Domain : PKAT, KLD domain IPR046846

Type	Domain
Description	This is the Kringle-like domain (KLD) found in Melanocyte protein PMEL, Transmembrane glycoprotein NMB (GPNMB) and Transmembrane protein 130 (TMEM130), which is downstream the PKD domain. It contains six highly conserved cysteine residues that form the disulphide bonds of mature PMEL dimers and promotes PMEL functional amyloid formation [ , ]. This domain is perfectly conserved in PMEL and GPNMB which suggests that GPNMB also forms dimers. PMEL and GPNMB, together with TMEM130 (its most ancient paralogue), have a conserved domain architecture and have been recently described as the PKAT (PKD- and KLD-Associated Transmembrane) protein family []. PMEL and GPNMB share overlapping phenotypes and disease associations, such as melanin-based pigmentation, cancer, neurodegenerative disease and glaucoma.
Short Name	PKAT_KLD