LYST is important in intracellular trafficking so granules and lysosomes do not get moved correctly inside the cell. This causes:
* Defective degranulation of neutrophils
* Defective microbial killing
* Dilution in coat color - melanin granules are not transported from melanocytes into nearby keratinozytes.
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