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Gene information for MYO15A (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID51168
Official gene symbolMYO15A
Full namemyosin XVA
Aliases,DFNB3,DKFZp686N18198,FLJ17274,FLJ31311,MYO15,
Gene summaryThis 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. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 17   Locus: 17p11.2
Gene position18012020 - 18083116  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size71097 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID602666