MYO15A

Myosin XVA
Identifiers
Symbols MYO15A; DFNB3; DKFZp686N18198; FLJ17274; FLJ31311; MYO15
External IDs OMIM602666 MGI1261811 HomoloGene56504 GeneCards: MYO15A Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 51168 17910
Ensembl ENSG00000091536 ENSMUSG00000042678
UniProt Q9UKN7 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_016239 XM_994684
RefSeq (protein) NP_057323 XP_999778
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
18.01 – 18.08 Mb
Chr 11:
60.28 – 60.34 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Myosin-XV is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYO15A gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes an unconventional myosin. This protein differs from other myosins in that it has a long N-terminal extension preceding the conserved motor domain. Studies in mice suggest that this protein is necessary for actin organization in the hair cells of the cochlea. Mutations in this gene have been associated with profound, congenital, neurosensory, nonsyndromal deafness. This gene is located within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region on chromosome 17. Read-through transcripts containing an upstream gene and this gene have been identified, but they are not thought to encode a fusion protein. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described, but their full length sequences have not been determined.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wang A, Liang Y, Fridell RA, Probst FJ, Wilcox ER, Touchman JW, Morton CC, Morell RJ, Noben-Trauth K, Camper SA, Friedman TB (Jun 1998). "Association of unconventional myosin MYO15 mutations with human nonsyndromic deafness DFNB3". Science 280 (5368): 1447–51. doi:10.1126/science.280.5368.1447. PMID 9603736. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: MYO15A myosin XVA". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=51168. 

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