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Using this approach, we identified two separate sorting signals that are both necessary and sufficient for intracellular retention, as well as lysosomal and melanosomal localization, in melanocytic and non-melanocytic cells. These sorting signals are an unconventional dileucine motif within the third cytosolic loop and a novel motif, characterized by a tryptophan-glutamic acid doublet, within the C-terminal tail. Both motifs must be mutated to promote the plasma membrane localization of OA1, suggesting that they can independently drive its intracellular targeting. In addition, both motifs act similarly as lysosomal sorting signals in non-melanocytic cells, but appear to carry different specificities in melanocytic cells. 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