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Rutter Lab @rutterlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Congratulations to our amazing summer undergraduate students on a successful presentation at the UofU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS)! ✨ We are very proud of them and can't wait to see them continue to shine on their scientific journey! 🔬🧬🧪 @uofubiochem.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social

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cnfxc.bsky.social @cnfxc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Melanin synthesis begins with the shuttling of tyrosine into the lumen of organelles called melanosomes, but the transporter performing this function has remained elusive for over 30 years. Our new preprint identifies SLC16A6 as a melanosomal tyrosine transporter! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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SLC16A6 is a tyrosine transporter for the melanosome

Cells enable specialized metabolism by compartmentalizing metabolic pathways into distinct organelles, which requires the membrane transport of metabolites. In melanocytes, the amino acid tyrosine is ...

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