MYO16

MYO16
Identifiers
Aliases	MYO16, MYAP3, MYR8, Myo16b, NYAP3, PPP1R107, myosin XVI
External IDs	OMIM: 615479; MGI: 2685951; GeneCards: MYO16
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 13 (human)
End	109,208,005 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (mouse)
End	10,684,742 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	testicle; ; gonad; ; entorhinal cortex; ; middle temporal gyrus; ; Brodmann area 23; ; ganglionic eminence; ; right ventricle; ; primary visual cortex; ; Brodmann area 10; ; orbitofrontal cortex;
	Top expressed in
	habenula; ; primary oocyte; ; lumbar subsegment of spinal cord; ; olfactory bulb; ; zygote; ; secondary oocyte; ; Epithelium of choroid plexus; ; dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell; ; embryo; ; olfactory tubercle;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	nucleotide binding; actin filament binding; actin binding; cytoskeletal motor activity; ATP binding; protein binding;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; plasma membrane; myosin complex; nucleoplasm;
Biological process	negative regulation of G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle; cerebellum development; negative regulation of cell population proliferation;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Databases	NCBI: entry; OMA: entry
	23026
	244281
	ENSG00000041515
	ENSMUSG00000039057
	Q9Y6X6
	Q5DU14
	NM_001198950; NM_015011
	NM_001081397; NM_001319151
	NP_001185879; NP_055826
	NP_001306080
	Wikidata
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Unconventional myosin-XVI is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYO16 gene. Myosin XVI is an unconventional myosin motor protein implicated in schizophrenia and prostate cancer.

References

1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000041515 – Ensembl, May 2017
1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039057 – Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
1 2 "MYO16 Gene - GeneCards". www.genecards.org. Retrieved 2026-11-12.

[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000041515 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039057 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[www.genecards.org-1-5] 1 2 "MYO16 Gene - GeneCards". www.genecards.org. Retrieved 2026-11-12.