Functions of PDLMI3 in melanoma development can only be speculated; in the adult, the protein is expressed in muscle and plays a role in disorders such as myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) [27] and SLC1A4 has been shown to be induced by the transcription factor MITF in the melanoma cell line SK-MEL-28 [28]. Here, SLC1A4 is linked to melanoma.