{"gene":"HPS4","run_date":"2026-04-28T18:06:53","timeline":{"discoveries":[{"year":2002,"finding":"HPS4 was identified as the human homolog of the mouse light-ear (le) gene, and mutations in HPS4 cause Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. HPS4 and HPS1 proteins partially co-localize in vesicles of transfected melanoma cells, and HPS1 protein is absent in tissues of le mutant mice, suggesting HPS4 and HPS1 function in the same pathway of organelle biogenesis.","method":"Mutation analysis, transfection/co-localization experiments, mouse model (le mutant) tissue analysis","journal":"Nature genetics","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — foundational identification paper with genetic, cellular co-localization, and mouse model evidence; replicated by multiple subsequent studies","pmids":["11836498"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2003,"finding":"HPS4 and HPS1 form a protein complex called BLOC-3 (biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex 3). HPS4 is found in both soluble and membrane-associated forms; sedimentation-velocity and co-immunoprecipitation experiments showed HPS4 associates with HPS1 but not HPS3. Loss of either HPS1 or HPS4 causes abnormal localization of lysosomes and late endosomes (less concentrated at the juxtanuclear region).","method":"Co-immunoprecipitation, sedimentation-velocity centrifugation, subcellular fractionation, immunofluorescence of HPS1/HPS4-deficient fibroblasts","journal":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — multiple orthogonal biochemical methods (co-IP, sedimentation, fractionation) plus functional cellular phenotype; independently replicated","pmids":["12847290"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2003,"finding":"HPS1 and HPS4 form the BLOC-3 complex, which is predominantly cytosolic (~175 kDa by size exclusion and sedimentation). HPS4-deficient (light ear) fibroblasts show normal LAMP-2 distribution and normal intracellular Zn2+ storage, distinguishing BLOC-3 function from AP-3 (BLOC-2/HPS2) in lysosomal cargo trafficking.","method":"Co-immunoprecipitation of endogenous and epitope-tagged proteins, size exclusion chromatography, sedimentation velocity, immunofluorescence, Zn2+ accumulation assay in HPS4-deficient fibroblasts","journal":"The Journal of biological chemistry","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — multiple orthogonal methods in a single rigorous study; consistent with companion papers","pmids":["12756248"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2003,"finding":"HPS1 and HPS4 are components of two complexes: BLOC-3 (~500 kDa in vesicular/organellar fraction) and BLOC-4 (~200 kDa submodule within BLOC-3). HPS4 is required for stabilization of HPS1 (HPS1 is absent in le/HPS4-mutant cells). HPS4 interacts with itself in yeast two-hybrid assays. In the cytosol, HPS1 (but not HPS4) participates in an additional complex (BLOC-5).","method":"Co-immunoprecipitation, yeast two-hybrid, size exclusion chromatography, immunoblot of le-mutant cells","journal":"The Journal of biological chemistry","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — multiple biochemical approaches; consistent with two other simultaneous independent papers","pmids":["12663659"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2012,"finding":"The BLOC-3 complex requires a divalent (two-site) interaction between HPS1 and HPS4. Two regions of HPS1 (amino acids 1–249 and 506–700) are required for binding to HPS4; the N-termini of HPS1 and HPS4 interact with each other, and a discrete region of HPS4 (residues 340–528) interacts with both the N- and C-termini of HPS1. Some HPS-1 patient missense mutations in the HPS4-interacting regions caused HPS1 instability.","method":"Deletion mapping and co-immunoprecipitation of truncated HPS1 and HPS4 constructs, yeast two-hybrid","journal":"Biochimica et biophysica acta","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — domain-mapping with multiple constructs and functional consequence (protein instability), single lab","pmids":["23103514"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2019,"finding":"HPS4 (as part of BLOC-3) functions as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rab32 and Rab38 GTPases, and this Rab32/38-GEF activity is essential for melanogenesis. Site-directed mutagenesis of HPS4 to abolish Rab32/38-GEF activity failed to restore melanin content and tyrosinase trafficking in HPS4-deficient melan-le melanocytes, whereas a Rab9-binding-deficient HPS4 mutant fully rescued the phenotype, demonstrating that Rab9 activity of HPS4 is dispensable for melanogenesis.","method":"Site-directed mutagenesis of HPS4, rescue experiments in HPS4-deficient melan-le melanocyte cell line, immunofluorescence of tyrosinase, melanin content assay","journal":"The Journal of biological chemistry","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — mutagenesis with functional rescue assay and multiple readouts (melanin content, tyrosinase trafficking) in a defined KO cell line","pmids":["30837268"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":1978,"finding":"The light-ear (le) mutation in mice (the mouse ortholog of human HPS4) causes defective urinary secretion of lysosomal enzymes and elevated kidney beta-galactosidase, demonstrating that HPS4 is required for normal lysosomal enzyme trafficking/secretion.","method":"Biochemical assay of beta-galactosidase activity in kidney tissues of le/le mutant and wild-type mice; comparison with pale-ear (ep/HPS1) mutant","journal":"The Journal of biological chemistry","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — direct enzymatic assay in mouse model with genetic comparison; single lab, older study but foundational","pmids":["417081"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2017,"finding":"A deletion in the HPS4 gene (99-bp deletion at intron 2/exon 3 junction causing exon 3 skipping) is responsible for albinism in channel catfish, establishing HPS4 as causally required for melanin production in a vertebrate model and confirming its conserved role in melanosome biogenesis.","method":"GWAS with SNP array, sequencing, RT-PCR confirmation of exon skipping","journal":"Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — genetic mapping plus molecular confirmation of splicing defect; single study but consistent with mammalian HPS4 function","pmids":["28289846"],"is_preprint":false}],"current_model":"HPS4 functions as a subunit of BLOC-3 (together with HPS1), a predominantly cytosolic protein complex required for biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles (melanosomes and platelet dense granules); within BLOC-3, HPS4 stabilizes HPS1 and provides essential Rab32/Rab38 GEF activity that directs tyrosinase trafficking and melanogenesis, while its Rab9-effector activity is dispensable for this process, and loss of HPS4 causes abnormal lysosome/late endosome positioning and the oculocutaneous albinism and bleeding phenotypes of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome."},"narrative":{"teleology":[{"year":1978,"claim":"Before the gene was cloned, the mouse light-ear (le) mutation established that the locus later identified as HPS4 is required for normal lysosomal enzyme secretion, linking it to lysosomal trafficking.","evidence":"Biochemical assay of beta-galactosidase in kidney and urine of le/le mutant versus wild-type mice","pmids":["417081"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Gene identity unknown at this time","Mechanism of lysosomal enzyme mis-routing not resolved","Single lab, single enzyme readout"]},{"year":2002,"claim":"Identification of HPS4 as the human homolog of mouse le and demonstration that HPS4 mutations cause Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome established the gene's disease relevance and its functional connection to HPS1 in organelle biogenesis.","evidence":"Mutation analysis of HPS patients, co-localization of HPS4 and HPS1 in transfected melanoma cells, loss of HPS1 protein in le mutant mice","pmids":["11836498"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Nature of HPS1–HPS4 interaction not biochemically defined","Molecular function of HPS4 unknown"]},{"year":2003,"claim":"Three independent studies converged to show that HPS1 and HPS4 form the BLOC-3 complex (~175–500 kDa depending on fraction), that HPS4 stabilizes HPS1, and that loss of either subunit causes abnormal lysosome/late-endosome positioning—establishing BLOC-3 as a discrete biochemical entity distinct from AP-3 and BLOC-2.","evidence":"Co-immunoprecipitation, sedimentation velocity, size-exclusion chromatography, yeast two-hybrid, immunofluorescence, and Zn²⁺ accumulation assay in HPS4-deficient fibroblasts across three independent labs","pmids":["12847290","12756248","12663659"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["No enzymatic or effector activity assigned to BLOC-3","Cargo and membrane targets of BLOC-3 undefined","Whether HPS4 self-interaction is functionally relevant in vivo unknown"]},{"year":2012,"claim":"Mapping the HPS1–HPS4 binding interface revealed a divalent interaction architecture (HPS4 residues 340–528 contact both N- and C-terminal regions of HPS1), explaining how patient missense mutations in these interfaces destabilize HPS1.","evidence":"Deletion mapping with co-immunoprecipitation and yeast two-hybrid of truncated HPS1 and HPS4 constructs","pmids":["23103514"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["No structural data at atomic resolution","Single-lab study; not independently replicated","Whether disease mutations in HPS4 itself disrupt these same interfaces not tested"]},{"year":2017,"claim":"Demonstration that an HPS4 splicing mutation causes albinism in channel catfish confirmed the conserved requirement of HPS4 for melanin production across vertebrates.","evidence":"GWAS, sequencing, and RT-PCR confirmation of exon 3 skipping in albino catfish","pmids":["28289846"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Single species; functional rescue not performed","Melanosome ultrastructure not examined"]},{"year":2019,"claim":"Separation-of-function mutagenesis established that BLOC-3's Rab32/Rab38 GEF activity—not HPS4's Rab9-effector function—is the essential catalytic output driving tyrosinase trafficking and melanogenesis, assigning the first specific enzymatic requirement to HPS4 within BLOC-3.","evidence":"Site-directed mutagenesis of HPS4 with rescue of melanin content and tyrosinase localization in HPS4-deficient melan-le melanocytes","pmids":["30837268"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Whether Rab9-effector activity contributes to non-melanocyte LRO biogenesis (e.g., platelet dense granules) is untested","In vivo validation of GEF-dead versus Rab9-dead mutations not performed","Structural basis of GEF activity and which subunit contributes catalytic residues not resolved"]},{"year":null,"claim":"The structural basis of BLOC-3 Rab32/38 GEF activity, the relative catalytic contributions of HPS1 versus HPS4 subunits, and the role of HPS4 in non-melanosomal lysosome-related organelles (e.g., platelet dense granules, lung lamellar bodies) remain mechanistically unresolved.","evidence":"","pmids":[],"confidence":"Low","gaps":["No high-resolution structure of BLOC-3","No in vivo separation-of-function data for platelet or pulmonary phenotypes","Regulation of BLOC-3 membrane recruitment and activation unknown"]}],"mechanism_profile":{"molecular_activity":[{"term_id":"GO:0098772","term_label":"molecular function regulator activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[5]}],"localization":[{"term_id":"GO:0005829","term_label":"cytosol","supporting_discovery_ids":[1,2]},{"term_id":"GO:0031410","term_label":"cytoplasmic vesicle","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,1]}],"pathway":[{"term_id":"R-HSA-1852241","term_label":"Organelle biogenesis and maintenance","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,1,5]}],"complexes":["BLOC-3"],"partners":["HPS1","RAB32","RAB38","RAB9"],"other_free_text":[]},"mechanistic_narrative":"HPS4 is a subunit of BLOC-3, a predominantly cytosolic complex with HPS1 that is essential for the biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles including melanosomes and platelet dense granules. Within BLOC-3, HPS4 stabilizes HPS1 protein levels and engages HPS1 through a divalent interaction involving the HPS4 region spanning residues 340–528 and two discrete HPS1 domains [PMID:23103514, PMID:12663659]. BLOC-3 functions as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rab32 and Rab38 GTPases, and this Rab32/38-GEF activity—rather than the Rab9-effector activity of HPS4—is essential for tyrosinase trafficking and melanogenesis [PMID:30837268]. Loss-of-function mutations in HPS4 cause Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome, characterized by oculocutaneous albinism, bleeding diathesis, and abnormal positioning of lysosomes and late endosomes [PMID:11836498, PMID:12847290]."},"prefetch_data":{"uniprot":{"accession":"Q9NQG7","full_name":"BLOC-3 complex member HPS4","aliases":["Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome 4 protein","Light-ear protein homolog"],"length_aa":708,"mass_kda":76.9,"function":"Component of the BLOC-3 complex, a complex that acts as a guanine exchange factor (GEF) for RAB32 and RAB38, promotes the exchange of GDP to GTP, converting them from an inactive GDP-bound form into an active GTP-bound form. 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HPS4 is required for stabilization of HPS1 (HPS1 is absent in le/HPS4-mutant cells). HPS4 interacts with itself in yeast two-hybrid assays. In the cytosol, HPS1 (but not HPS4) participates in an additional complex (BLOC-5).\",\n      \"method\": \"Co-immunoprecipitation, yeast two-hybrid, size exclusion chromatography, immunoblot of le-mutant cells\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of biological chemistry\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — multiple biochemical approaches; consistent with two other simultaneous independent papers\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"12663659\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2012,\n      \"finding\": \"The BLOC-3 complex requires a divalent (two-site) interaction between HPS1 and HPS4. Two regions of HPS1 (amino acids 1–249 and 506–700) are required for binding to HPS4; the N-termini of HPS1 and HPS4 interact with each other, and a discrete region of HPS4 (residues 340–528) interacts with both the N- and C-termini of HPS1. Some HPS-1 patient missense mutations in the HPS4-interacting regions caused HPS1 instability.\",\n      \"method\": \"Deletion mapping and co-immunoprecipitation of truncated HPS1 and HPS4 constructs, yeast two-hybrid\",\n      \"journal\": \"Biochimica et biophysica acta\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — domain-mapping with multiple constructs and functional consequence (protein instability), single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"23103514\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"finding\": \"HPS4 (as part of BLOC-3) functions as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rab32 and Rab38 GTPases, and this Rab32/38-GEF activity is essential for melanogenesis. Site-directed mutagenesis of HPS4 to abolish Rab32/38-GEF activity failed to restore melanin content and tyrosinase trafficking in HPS4-deficient melan-le melanocytes, whereas a Rab9-binding-deficient HPS4 mutant fully rescued the phenotype, demonstrating that Rab9 activity of HPS4 is dispensable for melanogenesis.\",\n      \"method\": \"Site-directed mutagenesis of HPS4, rescue experiments in HPS4-deficient melan-le melanocyte cell line, immunofluorescence of tyrosinase, melanin content assay\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of biological chemistry\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — mutagenesis with functional rescue assay and multiple readouts (melanin content, tyrosinase trafficking) in a defined KO cell line\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"30837268\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 1978,\n      \"finding\": \"The light-ear (le) mutation in mice (the mouse ortholog of human HPS4) causes defective urinary secretion of lysosomal enzymes and elevated kidney beta-galactosidase, demonstrating that HPS4 is required for normal lysosomal enzyme trafficking/secretion.\",\n      \"method\": \"Biochemical assay of beta-galactosidase activity in kidney tissues of le/le mutant and wild-type mice; comparison with pale-ear (ep/HPS1) mutant\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of biological chemistry\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — direct enzymatic assay in mouse model with genetic comparison; single lab, older study but foundational\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"417081\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"finding\": \"A deletion in the HPS4 gene (99-bp deletion at intron 2/exon 3 junction causing exon 3 skipping) is responsible for albinism in channel catfish, establishing HPS4 as causally required for melanin production in a vertebrate model and confirming its conserved role in melanosome biogenesis.\",\n      \"method\": \"GWAS with SNP array, sequencing, RT-PCR confirmation of exon skipping\",\n      \"journal\": \"Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — genetic mapping plus molecular confirmation of splicing defect; single study but consistent with mammalian HPS4 function\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28289846\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"current_model\": \"HPS4 functions as a subunit of BLOC-3 (together with HPS1), a predominantly cytosolic protein complex required for biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles (melanosomes and platelet dense granules); within BLOC-3, HPS4 stabilizes HPS1 and provides essential Rab32/Rab38 GEF activity that directs tyrosinase trafficking and melanogenesis, while its Rab9-effector activity is dispensable for this process, and loss of HPS4 causes abnormal lysosome/late endosome positioning and the oculocutaneous albinism and bleeding phenotypes of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.\"\n}\n```","stage2_raw":"```json\n{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"HPS4 is a subunit of BLOC-3, a predominantly cytosolic complex with HPS1 that is essential for the biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles including melanosomes and platelet dense granules. Within BLOC-3, HPS4 stabilizes HPS1 protein levels and engages HPS1 through a divalent interaction involving the HPS4 region spanning residues 340–528 and two discrete HPS1 domains [PMID:23103514, PMID:12663659]. BLOC-3 functions as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rab32 and Rab38 GTPases, and this Rab32/38-GEF activity—rather than the Rab9-effector activity of HPS4—is essential for tyrosinase trafficking and melanogenesis [PMID:30837268]. Loss-of-function mutations in HPS4 cause Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome, characterized by oculocutaneous albinism, bleeding diathesis, and abnormal positioning of lysosomes and late endosomes [PMID:11836498, PMID:12847290].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 1978,\n      \"claim\": \"Before the gene was cloned, the mouse light-ear (le) mutation established that the locus later identified as HPS4 is required for normal lysosomal enzyme secretion, linking it to lysosomal trafficking.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Biochemical assay of beta-galactosidase in kidney and urine of le/le mutant versus wild-type mice\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"417081\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Gene identity unknown at this time\", \"Mechanism of lysosomal enzyme mis-routing not resolved\", \"Single lab, single enzyme readout\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2002,\n      \"claim\": \"Identification of HPS4 as the human homolog of mouse le and demonstration that HPS4 mutations cause Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome established the gene's disease relevance and its functional connection to HPS1 in organelle biogenesis.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Mutation analysis of HPS patients, co-localization of HPS4 and HPS1 in transfected melanoma cells, loss of HPS1 protein in le mutant mice\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"11836498\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Nature of HPS1–HPS4 interaction not biochemically defined\", \"Molecular function of HPS4 unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2003,\n      \"claim\": \"Three independent studies converged to show that HPS1 and HPS4 form the BLOC-3 complex (~175–500 kDa depending on fraction), that HPS4 stabilizes HPS1, and that loss of either subunit causes abnormal lysosome/late-endosome positioning—establishing BLOC-3 as a discrete biochemical entity distinct from AP-3 and BLOC-2.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Co-immunoprecipitation, sedimentation velocity, size-exclusion chromatography, yeast two-hybrid, immunofluorescence, and Zn²⁺ accumulation assay in HPS4-deficient fibroblasts across three independent labs\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"12847290\", \"12756248\", \"12663659\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No enzymatic or effector activity assigned to BLOC-3\", \"Cargo and membrane targets of BLOC-3 undefined\", \"Whether HPS4 self-interaction is functionally relevant in vivo unknown\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2012,\n      \"claim\": \"Mapping the HPS1–HPS4 binding interface revealed a divalent interaction architecture (HPS4 residues 340–528 contact both N- and C-terminal regions of HPS1), explaining how patient missense mutations in these interfaces destabilize HPS1.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Deletion mapping with co-immunoprecipitation and yeast two-hybrid of truncated HPS1 and HPS4 constructs\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"23103514\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No structural data at atomic resolution\", \"Single-lab study; not independently replicated\", \"Whether disease mutations in HPS4 itself disrupt these same interfaces not tested\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstration that an HPS4 splicing mutation causes albinism in channel catfish confirmed the conserved requirement of HPS4 for melanin production across vertebrates.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"GWAS, sequencing, and RT-PCR confirmation of exon 3 skipping in albino catfish\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28289846\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Single species; functional rescue not performed\", \"Melanosome ultrastructure not examined\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"claim\": \"Separation-of-function mutagenesis established that BLOC-3's Rab32/Rab38 GEF activity—not HPS4's Rab9-effector function—is the essential catalytic output driving tyrosinase trafficking and melanogenesis, assigning the first specific enzymatic requirement to HPS4 within BLOC-3.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Site-directed mutagenesis of HPS4 with rescue of melanin content and tyrosinase localization in HPS4-deficient melan-le melanocytes\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"30837268\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether Rab9-effector activity contributes to non-melanocyte LRO biogenesis (e.g., platelet dense granules) is untested\", \"In vivo validation of GEF-dead versus Rab9-dead mutations not performed\", \"Structural basis of GEF activity and which subunit contributes catalytic residues not resolved\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"The structural basis of BLOC-3 Rab32/38 GEF activity, the relative catalytic contributions of HPS1 versus HPS4 subunits, and the role of HPS4 in non-melanosomal lysosome-related organelles (e.g., platelet dense granules, lung lamellar bodies) remain mechanistically unresolved.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"Low\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No high-resolution structure of BLOC-3\", \"No in vivo separation-of-function data for platelet or pulmonary phenotypes\", \"Regulation of BLOC-3 membrane recruitment and activation unknown\"]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\n        \"term_id\": \"GO:0098772\",\n        \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [5]\n      }\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\n        \"term_id\": \"GO:0005829\",\n        \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1, 2]\n      },\n      {\n        \"term_id\": \"GO:0031410\",\n        \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1]\n      }\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\n        \"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1852241\",\n        \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 5]\n      }\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [\n      \"BLOC-3\"\n    ],\n    \"partners\": [\n      \"HPS1\",\n      \"RAB32\",\n      \"RAB38\",\n      \"RAB9\"\n    ],\n    \"other_free_text\": []\n  }\n}\n```"}